LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has stated that he has not decamped to any political party to seek re-election. Obaseki made this known in a statement he authored and released via his Twitter account on Wednesday. The governor added that his main focus is to control the spread of COVID-19…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pablo Escobar’s crime partner and one of Colombia’s pioneering “cocaine cowboys” has been released after a long prison sentence in the U.S. and been deported to Germany, his lawyer said Tuesday. Carlos Lehder left on a flight for his new home in Berlin on Monday after being released from a U.S. prison…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has insisted that the new increment on electricity tariff would take off in July. He stated this on Tuesday at the Investigative Public Hearing on Power Sector Recovery Plan and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic organised by the Senate Committee on Power. Mamman said COVID-19 pandemic…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, on Tuesday, announced 31 deaths from COVID-19 as the caseload shot up to 17,148. The death toll was the highest number ever announced, since the reckoning began in late February. Twenty-five of the deaths occurred in Lagos, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said. It said the figure covered the…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr. Petert Obi, has been praised for his selfless lifestyle of charity, integrity and his burning desire to improve the welfare of the people. The Territorial Envoy of Salvation Army, Levi Muonagor, showered praises on Obi when a Coronavirus Palliative…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). An FCT High Court had on March 4 granted an application by six members of the APC in Edo State suspending Oshiomhole from office. A three member panel of…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has said it will release more inmates just as the number of those discharged has increased to 3,955, as part of measures to decongest the custodial facilities and curb COVID-19 spread. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, explained that the challenge of inmates’ accommodation was being addressed with the…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced the suspension of the earlier scheduled opening of churches and mosques in the state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State governor, made the announcement while addressing journalists at the State House, Marina. The opening, which was earlier slated to commence on June 19 for mosques and…