LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has budgeted N620 million to manage the coronavirus epidemic. This is according to the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire. Tribune reports that the ministry of health budgeted the fund to monitor, detect and prevent the country from the dreaded coronavirus spreading across the world from China. While interfacing with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The president of the African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina is expected in the Ethiopian capital for the African Union’s 33rd Assembly of Heads of State and Government. The summit runs from 8-10 February 2020 under the theme: Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development. Adesina will arrive in Addis Ababa with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has slashed its visa application charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the old amount comprised $160 as visa fee and $20 as “processing and expedient fees”. According to the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Muhammad Babandede,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has revoked the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) belonging to the disputed Durbar Hotel, located along the Gen. Muhammadu Buhari/Independence Way, Kaduna. In a letter dated December 31, 2019 and addressed to Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, the governor said the property, believed to be owned…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dare- Devil armed robbers on Thursday invaded an old generation bank in Ile-Oluji, leaving four persons feared dead in the process. The identities of those that were killed by the robbers cannot be confirmed as at the time of filing in this report. An eyewitness told our correspondent that the robbers gained…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Senator, Shehu Sani, has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to show Nigerians the casualties of bandits it recently claimed to have killed in Kaduna State. Mr Sani made the request on Thursday while reacting to the claim of the Police that over 250 bandits were killed during an…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All is set for the coronation ceremony of Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi as the new Alapomu of Apomu land on the 7th of February 2020. In a press conference held yesterday in Apomu, the Asiwaju of Apomu, Chief Olaitan Alabi, said Apomu is one of the oldest towns in Yorubaland and had…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Argentine and a Chinese national have reported to Korle-Bu Teaching hospital under the directive of a private hospital in Accra. According to peacefmonline.com, the two foreign nationals are said to have shown symptoms of the dreadful virus which has claimed close to 600 lives in Hubei and Wuhan, China. The two…