LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate of the University of Lagos has elected Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as Acting Vice-Chancellor. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development Services) polled 135 votes compared to Prof. Ben Oghojafor’s 31 votes. It was gathered one vote was declared void. A total of 167 Professors were at the Senate meeting. Oghojafor is the Deputy […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to cope with the devastating effects of Covid-19, inflation, devaluation, rising operational costs and a tough business environment, an increasing number of Nigerian businesses are making the decision to carry out upward reviews of the prices of their products and services. Latest in a long line of companies to […]
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Oyo state, Nigeria have arrested a trader identified as Emmanuel Egbu, for allegedly eating human feces with bread in his shop in the Sango area of Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday, August 22. Egbu who trades in cosmetics and Brazilian hair, was said to have been caught eating […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple reports state that new Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman has sat down with Suarez, 33, and told him he’s not in his plans for next season. Other reports have also stated that Suarez will have his contract terminated and he will be available to leave on a free transfer this summer. Again, […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal lawmakers are again smarting for a showdown with their leadership and the presidency once they resume from their annual vacation. The mutual ethnic suspicion in the polity will again reverberate in the consideration of the controversial National Water Resources Bill 2020, Nigerian Tribune investigation revealed. The bill which was shut down […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria has handed over a landed property and all the assets on it popularly called the Ambrosini Property at Ebute Meta to the Cathedral Church of St. Jude after almost 100 years that it was leased out. The handing over was attended by representatives of the church […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for coronavirus. The Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a press statement on Monday. The statement was titled ‘Press release on the positive COVID-19 Status of Lagos Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi’. The […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank Limited, Mr. Tokunbo Abiru, has announced his retirement from the service of Polaris Bank, effective August 31, 2020, having successfully completed his second two-year tenure at the helm of the Bank. In an emotion-laden farewell message to the staff of the Bank, Mr. Abiru […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four adult males reportedly died on Sunday evening in Lagos, after a Toyota Camry crashed into a stationary tricycle. The incident occurred at about 5.19 pm, on Atlantic Road area of Epe. The Toyota Camry with number plate LSR-724 FW was said to have been on speed, skidded off the road and […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on political and religious leaders across the country to ensure that the different religious groups in the country live peacefully together, while upholding the ideals of freedom of worship as contained in Nigeria’s constitution. […]
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