LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the push for registration of Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN), and withdraw the threat to block SIM cards. The Human Rights group in a statement on Sunday asked the President to “instruct the Minister of Communications and Digital…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdullahi Bawa, and the clerk of the House, Abdullahi Kagara have tested positive for Coronavirus. Both the Speaker and Clerk have since gone into self-isolation. The Commissioner of Information in the State, Muhammed Idris, confirmed this to Channels Television on Sunday. According to him…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria may spend about $1.4bn (N540.4bn, at the official exchange rate of $1: N386) to procure and distribute 218,400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The figure is based on estimates of the World Health Organisation as regards the total amount of funds that Africa would need to pursue a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has narrated to the students of Gregorian College, Ogidi, how he has been able to struggle his way through life, saying that education played a huge role in his journey to success. Speaking when he visited the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted many students of Islamiyya school in Mahuta town, Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Katsina Post, the Islamic students were abducted on their way home after they graced a maulud procession at Unguwar Al-Kasim, a nearby village. The actual number of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A US based Nigerian medical doctor has shot his wife and thereafter turned the gun on himself. The incident happened in Texas , Saturday morning . The couple whose wife is a nurse are blessed with three children. No one could tell the reason for his action but this is how USA…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, on Saturday, kidnapped the Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, along Oza Road, in Orhiomwon Local Government Area of the state. They also reportedly killed Okungbowa’s driver. Okungbowa was said to be on his way to Benin, Edo State capital after attending a social event organised…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, has been promoted to the rank of Commissioner of Police. Frank Mba, a Lawyer, is an alumnus of the University of Lagos where he studied Law. He also has a Masters Degree in Law from the University of Dundee, Scotland- United Kingdom. A product of…