LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has suspended Senator Magnus Abe, Hon. Igo Aguma, Barr. Wogu Boms and Livingstone Wechie for anti-party activities. The party also expelled all the members of the party who were yesterday inaugurated as caretaker committee members of the state, local governments and wards in the […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Maiduguri have been thrown into panic following the killing and abduction of several travellers along the Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway in Borno State. The 133-kilometre highway is the only major road that links Borno to other parts of the country. The killing and abduction of travellers on Friday is the latest and […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-If you’re known to faint from pain or the sight of needles, perhaps volunteering to get the COVID-19 vaccine live on television isn’t a wise choice. But one Tennessee nurse didn’t let it stop her from getting the jab on camera and, unsurprisingly, collapsing minutes later. Tiffany Pontes Dover, a 30-year-old mother-of-two […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 armed policemen on Friday morning invaded popular singer and EndSARS activist, Seun Kuti’s residence, arresting a member of his family for yet-to-be-ascertained reasons. SaharaReporters learnt that the policemen stormed the residence in a desperate attempt to pick up the musician, but they met his absence, as he was […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten persons escaped death in Lagos on Wednesday when armed hoodlums numbering over 100 struck around the 6th Avenue area of FESTAC Town wielding guns and other dangerous weapons. The authorities of the Lagos State Police Command, who confirmed the attack, added that policemen, who were deployed in the area successfully dispersed […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday said Lagos may slip into a second wave of Coronavirus pandemic, if residents failed to comply with the precautionary measures against the spread of virus. The governor disclosed that of every 100 tests that the state has performed, an average of 10 turn out […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, has knocked the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, and his Zamfara State counterpart, Bello Matawalle, for laying the foundation for kidnapping in error by negotiating with bandits. “The state governments –both Zamfara and Katsina States –mistakenly laid the foundation for what […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In compliance with the directive of the Federal Government, the Management of the Nigeria Immigration Service has reopened the following four (4) Land Borders namely Seme (South-West), Illela (North-West), Maigatari (North-West and North-East), and Mfum (South-South) in the first phase, since the closure of land borders on 20th August 2019. In a […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to remove the N20 USSD fee imposed on subscribers for National Identification Number (NIN) retrieval requests. This directive came following the outrage across the country from subscribers who […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has revealed how he facilitated the release of 344 schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara without payment of ransom. The schoolboys were abducted by suspected bandits from their school in Kankara town last Friday. Although Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the abduction and put […]
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