LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has contracted the deadly coronavirus, the State’s Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, said in a statement. The Governor’s sample, which was taken twice, returned negative Tuesday and then a second sample test Thursday confirmed he had contracted the disease. The statement said: “Recall that on…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adamu Atiku-Abubakar, the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said his father would contest the presidency again in 2023. The former Vice President will be 76 years old in 2023. Atiku’s son said this while presenting the score card of his ministry as the Commissioner for Works and Energy in Adamawa…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dele Momodu has dismissed reports making the rounds that former Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke has been offered a position by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and that she also carries a diplomatic passport issued to her by the Dominican government. A report shared by The Nation earlier today…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is disquiet in the Office of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) over N23 billion traced to the bank accounts of a Level 12 officer, the Economic Confidential can authoritatively report. Consequently, members of the National Assembly, it was gathered, are set for a…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency on Sunday advised Abuja residents to always seek approval from the Parks and Recreation Department before cutting any tree. The Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Idriss Abbas, gave the advice in a statement in reaction to the death of a Chief Superintendent of Police, Lasaka Habila,…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has been accused of setting up a panel that appears destined to exonerate him from raging allegations of graft. In a letter addressed to the lawmakers through the Clerk of the House, foremost anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) …
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A COVID-19 patient who refused to receive treatment after testing positive for the disease has been arrested at “Oja Oba” market in Akure, capital of Ondo state. According to Wahab Adegbenro, commissioner for health, the patient, a female, tested positive for the virus in Imo state but escaped to Ondo. Adegbenro said after her…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission approved N51.6m for its acting Managing Director, Prof Daniel Pondei, for the purpose of hotel accommodation, security and monitoring of projects during the lockdown in April 2020, Sunday PUNCH reports. The information is contained in the Treasury Single Account schedule of the NDDC with reference number TSA/REC/20/0-1…
