Archive for: November, 2020

Imo Assembly Speaker, Collins Removed

LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Chiji Collins has been impeached. His impeachment followed allegations of financial impropriety, high handedness, and gross misconduct, among others. The Speaker was impeached on Friday during plenary at the legislative chamber of the Assembly complex in Owerri, the state capital. Following his impeachment, the […]

Akpabio Demands One Trillion Naira For The Completion Of East West Road

LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, disclosed that the construction of the East West Road will gulp about N1trillion at completion. He maintained that spending the amount on the project would ensure safety, efficiency, economic viability, as well as guarantee standard and return on investments. Akpabio restated Federal Government’s commitment […]

Kwara Emulates Lagos, Moves To Abolish Pensions Of Ex-Govs, Deputies

LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq says he plans to approach the State House of Assembly to repeal the law granting pensions to former governors and their deputies in the state. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had made similar moves earlier in the week while presenting the 2021 budget of N1.155 trillion. In […]

Fuel Pump Price Increased To N170 Per Litre

LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per litre. In an internal memo dated November 11, 2020, and signed by Tijjani Ali, PPMC said the new […]

Consumers To Pay Tax On Every Loaf Of Bread In Kogi State

LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residence   of  Kogi State are expected to pay levy on every loaf of bread purchased. This is as a result of the  state government  introduction of    levy on every loaf of bread baked in the state. The state ministry of commerce and industry said the levy is aimed at improving the internally […]

US election Security Officials Rebuff Trump’s Fraud Claims

LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the “most secure in American history”, rejecting President Donald Trump’s fraud claims. “There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” a committee announced. They spoke out after Mr Trump […]

Dozens Of Okada Riders Besiege Jerry Rawlings’ Residence

LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of commercial motorbike riders thronged the residence of former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings’ residence barely hours after his death was reported yesterday, Thursday, November 12, 2020. “The Secretary of the Okada Riders (who are clad in NDC paraphernalia), Mr Fatau Dauda Bancey said the group were campaigning for the party […]

74 Migrants Dead In ‘Devastating’ Shipwreck Off Libyan Coast

LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 74 migrants died in a “devastating” shipwreck on Thursday off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said, the latest in a spate of migrant vessel sinkings in the central Mediterranean. This year has seen a resurgence of boats in the central Mediterranean, a well-trodden but often deadly route for those […]

Boko Haram Fighters End Kano Pillars Player Football Career, Shot Both Feet

LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The new Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season has been confirmed to kick off on December 6, 2020, with the fixtures, also made available. Still, in the preparatory mood for the 2020/2021 season, the Sai Masu Gida side were given terrible news after one of their youngsters, Ibrahim Hassan was attacked by […]

‘Boko Haram: 700 Ex-Military Personnel’s Limbs Amputated, Dismissed’

LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) has revealed that it has integrated about seven hundred ex-military personnel, who had their limbs amputated and eventually dismissed from the service due to the Boko Haram insurgent. The NCPD, which revealed this on Thursday during its 2021 budget defence at the National Assembly, […]

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