LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State House of Assembly has approved castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. This follows the passage of a bill to amend the Kaduna state penal court law, 2017, by the lawmakers. The assembly, which announced the development via its Twitter handle yesterday, said the bill was passed into…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Proprietors of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria on Thursday disagreed with lecturers that tertiary institutions should remain closed to activities due to COVID – 19 pandemic, saying they were not sincere. They called on the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, to announce date within the current phase of COVID – 19 lockdown…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) not to provide forex for the importation of food items or fertilizer. Speaking on Thursday at a meeting of the National Food Security Council at the State House in Abuja, the president urged private businesses bent on food importation to source…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an additional N8.9bn as COVID-19 hazzard allowance to all medical health workers. The Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha stated this at the PTF briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Mr Mustapha said procurement of personal…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Murtala Muhamed International Airport (MMIA) command on Thursday handed over suspect with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The Deputy Controller of MMIA, Abdulmumin Bako of MMIA in a media briefing said that four Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos state police command has arrested activists involved in a protest against the recent increase in petrol price and electricity tariff. The protest began from Yaba, Tejuosho area of the state towards Ojuelegba, around 10am on Thursday. The protesters carried placards conveying their displeasure against the government action. “Petrol price hike…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Editor-in-chief of The Nation Adeniyi Adesina has said that the newspaper cannot recall journalists who were sacked recently. “The issue here is that we find ourselves in a systemic situation that some people were laid off. It is uncontrollable,” he said on Wednesday when a chairmanship candidate of Lagos State Council, Nigeria…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen raided Tungan Maje, a suburb of Abuja, early Thursday, abducting an unspecified number of residents.. One resident said at least 20 people were kidnapped after prolonged shooting in the community that lies near Zuba. This figure could not be immediately confirmed. The police spokesperson for the federal capital territory, Anjugur Manzah…
