LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman was found dead at Eleme Junction in Port Harcourt on Tuesday evening with some bundles of a thousands of naira notes in her handbag. Some people who saw her body, are suggesting that she might have been used for money rituals while others said it could have been that she…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The new policy limits users to forwarding certain messages to one “chat” at a time, aiming to limit the rapid propagation of content which is provocative but likely to…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of the National Assembly yesterday faulted the implementation of the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme and called for an enabling legislation in line with global best practices. Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila made their reservations about the scheme at a meeting with the Minister…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has recorded 16 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 254. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed the updated figure which rose from 238 to 254 with death in a tweet on Tuesday evening. Ten of the new cases were discovered…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has replied Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state for accusing the Federal Government of favouring Lagos State above other states of the federation in the fight against Coronavirus. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Ajuri Ngelale, said Wike was only using the Federal Government to cover-up…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World football governing body FIFA has been hit by a fresh World Cup bribery scandal over the hosting rights for the Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 World Cups. Court documents allege Trinidad and Tobago’s Jack Warner received $5million to back Russia — who beat England to host the 2018 World Cup. United…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Government has launched manhunt for all those who attended Funke Akindele’s party. The objective is to prosecute all those who attended Saturday’s birthday party hosted by Nollywood star.. The state Attorney-General, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) ), said on Monday that they would be prosecuted for flouting social distancing regulation of the…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government will from the next academic session enforce the entry age of 12 years for pupils seeking admission into junior secondary school (JSS1) to check the registration of under-aged kids. Also, a fine of N50,000 for first offenders, N100,000 for second offenders as well as warning letters to close…