2020 May | NEWS RANGERS

Prof Ibrahim Gambari Replaces Late Abba Kyari As New Chief Of Staff

LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, as his new Chief of Staff. Gambari, from Kwara State was the Minister of External Affairs between 1984 and 1985. A professor of repute and a global citizen, the 78 year old replaces former Chief […]

May 12 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

IGP Withdraws Police Escorts Attached To Two Social Media Celebrities, E-Money, Cubana

LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Information reaching us suggest that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Abubakar Adamu, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all policemen attached to Lagos business man, Emeka Okonkwo popularly known as E-money and another Lagos socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest. It was gathered that the IGP ordered the […]

May 12 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Lady In Trouble For Allegedly Selling Her One-Month-Old Baby For N130,000

LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old woman, Miracle Kalu, for allegedly selling her one-month-old baby for N130,000. Kalu’s arrest followed the arrest of four persons, including a couple, for allegedly attempted to re-sell the baby in Lagos, and another couple for allegedly buying her. The first couple, Patrick Mbama […]

May 12 2020 | Posted in State | Read More »

President Buhari Orders Importation Of Madagascar’s COVID-19 Herbal Cure

LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered the importation of the much publicized Madagascar’s coronavirus herbal cure to Nigeria. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this during a briefing in Abuja on Monday. His words, “Madagascar has made allocations to various countries and sent them to Guinea Bissau. […]

May 12 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

New Austerity Measures: Saudi To Triple VAT, Suspends Monthly Payment To Citizens

LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s finance minister on Monday said the kingdom will triple its Value Added Tax and halt monthly handout payments to citizens in new austerity measures amid record low oil prices and a coronavirus-led economic slump. The measures, which could stir public resentment with the cost of living rising, come as the […]

May 12 2020 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Odion Ighalo Breaks Social Distancing Rule With Mystery Lady During Training

LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo trained in a park on Monday as players continue to build their fitness ahead of a return to training. The forward jogged around the park in Chesire on Monday despite the uncertainty surrounding his future with United. Pictures uploaded online showed the player was in high spirits […]

May 12 2020 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Covid-19: One Worker Infected 533 Others In Ghana Fish Factory

LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast late on Sunday. Health authorities reported the outbreak late on Friday, but did not provide details. “All 533 persons were infected […]

May 12 2020 | Posted in Health,International,National | Read More »

COVID-19: Obi Extends Palliatives To More Hospitals

LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has continued to reach out to those he described as the most vulnerable people in the society in this period of Coronavirus pandemic, by donating relief materials to them through churches and hospitals. Obi, who […]

May 11 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Alleged N7.2bn Fraud: Not Yet Uhuru For Senator Orji Uzor Kalu

LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian supreme court, Friday, gave a landmark ‘ruling’ in the case brought before it by the former Governor of Abia state and serving senator representing the good people of Abia North, Senator Orji Kalu, protesting his conviction and subsequent conviction by the high court. This incident happened exactly Twelve years after he […]

May 11 2020 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

COVID-19: CAN Scribe Condemns Continuous Closure Of Churches

LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Barr Joseph Daramola has called for reopening of churches closed over the COVID-19 pandemic. Daramola said it was wrong of government authorities to continue closing churches when other aspects of national life have started taking shape. Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church […]