LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A research carried out by SBM Intelligence has shown that it is 10 times costlier to move goods from the port in Apapa, Lagos than it is to move them from the ports in Ghana and South Africa. The Apapa and Tincan Island ports, which is Nigeria’s busiest port terminal, has suffered…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger had to be held down by flight crew and members of the public after trying to open an emergency exit door mid-flight. The flight from Chicago to Dallas made an emergency landing in St. Louis on Tuesday night and the man was arrested by police. Passengers on board the American Airlines…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Bauchi State Command has intercepted 1, 360 rounds of live ammunition of 7.6mm caliber during a motorized patrol along Bauchi-Jos Road. The ammunition was being conveyed to Jos, Plateau State by a commercial Vectra Car which carried seven passengers. One AK 47 magazine was also found…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted an order of interim injunction stopping Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from parading himself as the National Chairman of the APC Justice Danlami Senchi who granted the injunction on Wednesday, said that political parties must be bound by their constitution and having been suspended by his…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is denied reports from the media stating that Director General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu is in ‘quarantine over coronavirus’. A press statement made available to NewsRangers described the publication as false. “This is false. Between the 16th and 24th of February 2020, the World Health Organization deployed…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 16 year old girl identified simply as Chidera from Amakpoke Umuaku Isuochi of Umunneochi LGA of Abia State has been allegedly poisoned by her stepmother. Chidera reportedly scored 9 A’s in West African Examinations Council exams (WAEC) and won a scholarship to study in the UK. Unfortunately, she died before her…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District at the Senate, Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, has raised the alarm that second-hand clothes – popularly known as Okrika – from China were being brought into the country through the Onne Port in Rivers State. Fadahunsi, who is the vice-chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, said the…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger “roaming the streets for food” in his village in northern Nigeria, unsure when his next meal would arrive. Like many living in areas where opportunities are scarce, he knew he had to move. When he turned 12 he travelled south to Nigeria’s commercial megacity,…
