LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African states for managing to curb the spread of coronavirus. Africa has seen about 1.4 million cases and 34,000 deaths since February. These figures are far lower than those in Europe, Asia or the Americas, with reported cases continuing to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-It was another black Wednesday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, as no fewer than 30 persons were burnt alive when a tanker collided with a tricycle. The incident which happened at about 9am on Wednesday also saw a family of six burnt to ashes in a Toyota Sienna bus. The incident…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A traditional ruler in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state, Bulus Janka has been assassinated. He was killed Monday night at his residence at Rasat, Foron District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau. The attackers have not been identified or arrested. Sen. Istifanus Gyang (PDP- Plateau) who broke…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zamfara State Government has raised the alarm over the diversion of N10bn earmarked for the construction of a state university under the administration of former governor Abdulaziz Yari. Commissioner for Finance in the state, Alhaji Rabiu Garba, raised the alarm during a briefing with journalists in Gusau, the capital, on Tuesday….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), has commenced an investigation of Felix Osilama Okpoh, an alleged fraudster on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigations(FBI) for his involvement in a $6m internet fraud. Okpoh, alongside Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, and Nnamdi Orson Benson, had been…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Undie Adie, is currently hospitalized at the police clinic in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, after a Toyota corolla car rammed into his convoy on his way to Osun state after a burial ceremony in Cross River state. Our corresoondent gathered that the incident occurred at Eche Mass…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared it will go ahead with the Water Resources Bill. Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed told reporters the bill was not designed to cause water wars in the country. He said the bill is a panacea to likely water conflicts in the country. He said critics…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday announced a donation of a house and N20 million to the widow and children of Colonel Dahiru Bako who died from wounds sustained during an ambush on his troops while battling Boko Haram on Sunday morning. Bako, described by Zulum as a fallen warrior,…
