Archive for: August, 2020

Covid-19 Hits Kwara Deputy Governor And His Wife

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kwara State deputy governor, Kayode Alabi, and his wife, Abieyuwa, have joined the list of dignitaries who contracted Covid-19. A statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, the spokesperson of the state’s Technical Committee on COVID-19 says the duo underwent COVID-19 test after they showed minor symptoms of the virus. Ajakaye however, said the couple […]

Buhari Orders NDDC To Pay Abandoned Scholars Studying Abroad

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission to pay its scholarship beneficiaries studying abroad. This was contained in a statement titled ‘NDDC invites President Buhari to Commission Signature Project’ and signed by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, on Tuesday. Odili said Buhari conveyed the directive to […]

Covid-19: Footballers Who Cough Deliberately At Other Players To Be Shown Red Card

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Footballers could be sent off if they deliberately cough at an opponent under new rules issued during the coronavirus pandemic. Referees will be told that coughs aimed at the face of another player or an official can be deemed a red-card offence. The guidance has been announced by the International Football Association […]

Where Is Lance Corporal Martins Detained For Criticising Chief Of Army Staff, Burutai

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are fears that Lance Corporal Martins Idakpini, the detained soldier arrested for criticising Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, may have been killed by the army as punishment for his action, it has been gathered. SaharaReporters had earlier reported how the army twice denied Idakpini’s lawyer and family from seeing him in […]

NDDC Scholars Take Protest To Nigeria Embassy In UK over Non-Payment Of Tuition

LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Students on scholarship of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) protested on Monday in the United Kingdom the non-payment of their tuition fees. Carrying placards, the students converged on the Nigerian High Commission in London to express displeasure over “negligence of their welfare”. They said they had resorted to begging for food […]

Here Comes The Nigeria Business Mogul Who May Take Over Ownership Of Shoprite

LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Property developer Tayo Amusan is believed to be in the frontlines to buy the majority share of Africa’s largest food retailer Shoprite in its Nigerian subsidiary. Mr Amusan owns Persianas Nigeria Limited, a property development company, with some of his property housing Shoprite stores. The Nigerian is believed to be among three […]

Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Slide Further To 288

LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Monday reported 288 confirmed new cases of the deadly coronavirus, the first straight decline, to bring the tally in the country to 44, 129, with 20, 663 recoveries and 896 deaths (8 new). The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, said Lagos, the epicenter of the pandemic in the country, added […]

Social Housing And The Spirit Of Jakande In Cross River

By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice according to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is centrally a matter of how individuals are treated, it is also possible to speak of justice for groups – for example when the state is allocating resources between different categories of citizens. Here each group is being treated as though it […]

Obi Hails Akpata’s Emergence As NBA President, Tasks Him On Repositioning Of The Association

LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated Olumide Akpata on his recent election as President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), while urging him to draw on his decades of professional experience to reposition the Association to greater heights. In a […]

Covid-19:Air Peace Fires Over 70 Pilots, Slashes Salaries By 40%

LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian airline, Air Peace, has sacked over 70 pilots across its fleet. It also reduced staff salaries by up to 40 per cent. A member of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers disclosed this to one of our correspondents, craving anonymity. The source said the number of sacked pilots […]

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