LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has tested positive for COVID-19, a Government House source has disclosed. The source also disclosed that a security aide of the governor had also tested positive. Though no official statement has been released by the government on the status of the wife of the…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura, the controller of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Apapa command on Thursday, July 2, revealed that ten officers contracted coronavirus that is ravaging the country. In a report by Nigerian Tribune, Abba-Kura noted that all the customs officers who tested positive were treated at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN), has said it lost more than 8,370 members, including eight Pastors, to the Boko Haram Insurgency in the North East. Rev. Joel Billi, who gave the statistics on Thursday, at the World News Conference, organised by the Dominion, in Yola, said 25,000 members of…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged secret account being kept by the Nigerian Ports Authority with a balance of over $1bn. The move followed the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Mr Kolawole Lawal at the plenary on Thursday. The motion was entitled,…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of armed men attacked the FPSO Sendje Berge some 30 nautical miles southwest from Bonny Island, earlier today, kidnapping some of its crew members. The news first emerged on the website of the UK-based security intel firm Dryad Global, which cited a ‘high confidence’ report, according to which 11 crew…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress Has kicked against the new fuel price of N143.8 announced by the Petroleum Product Price Regulatory Agency on Wednesday, saying “this might just be the last straw that would break the camel’s back.” The congress demanded a reversal of the pump price to the old price, arguing that…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has disowned a new political movement known as the ‘National Consultative Front’ which named him among 37 other political and thought leaders who came together to form the group. The group had issued a communique on Wednesday where it listed a 7-point resolution from…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos have arrested five herdsmen for allegedly kidnapping their kinsman. The suspects, Umaru Abdullahi, Majuba Mohammed, Aliyu Alhamajo, Mohammed Umaru and Shehu Malami allegedly kidnapped one Salisu Mohammed, 17, on June 9 at Epe. The victim was said to have been kidnapped at the cattle rearing centre, Epe while…