Archive for: December, 2020

SERAP Urges Buhari To Stop NIN Registration, Withdraw Threat To Block SIM Registration

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 […]

Covid-19 Hits Speaker, Clerk Of Niger State House Of Assembly

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 […]

Nigeria Govt May Spend Over N540bn On COVID-19 Vaccines

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 […]

Obi Shares Path To Success With Students Of Gregorian College, Donates N1m To School

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 […]

Gunmen Abduct Scores Of Katsina Students In Fresh Attack

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 […]

US Based Nigerian Doctor Kills Nurse Wife, Commit Suicide

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 […]

Suspected Kidnappers Abduct Edo Head of Service Okungbowa, Kill Driver

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 […]

Police Force Hqts PRO, Frank Mba Elevated To Police Commissioner

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 […]

Angry Mob Sets Three Dangote Trailers Ablaze Over Alleged Crushing Baby To Death

LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some angry people on Friday night set ablaze three articulated vehicles belonging to Dangote company for allegedly killing a baby as the mother of the child and the Okada rider escaped death in Lokoja. According to an eye witness’ account, one of the articulated vehicles ram into the commercial motorcycle rider along […]

Over 100 Vehicles Stocked As Robbers Besiege Benin /Agbor Road, Shoot Passengers

LAGOS DECEMBR 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium on Saturday afternoon at Ugonoba, before Ugoneki, after Benin Bypass, Edo State, when about 10 armed robbers blocked the Expressway, shot two passengers and robbed other motorists and their passengers. The heavily armed gunmen had hijacked a truck which they used to barricade the road and started robbing travellers […]

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