LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has shut down Chinese-owned Panda Supermarket in the Jabi area of Abuja as part of measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The FCCPC said in a series of tweets that it had confiscated some frozen food items illegally imported from China. The pictures…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some senators have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the nation’s Service Chiefs while some members of the House of Representatives demanded their resignation. They also called for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu. This followed a debate on the nation’s security during Wednesday’s plenary at both…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The inability of the Bayelsa State government to run a water project handed over to it by the Federal Government has led to the wastage of N5.9 billion and lack of potable water in the state, writes MIKE ODIEGWU. There is no potable water in Bayelsa State. While people in the rural…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African Development Bank(ADB) is spearheading efforts to feed Africa and is investing $25 billion over a ten-year period to transform the continent’s agriculture sector. President of Africa Development Bank , Akinwumi Adesina made the disclosure as he was conferred with an Honourary Doctorate of Science by the Federal University of Agriculture in…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Afro-pop star, Oritsefemi has opened a local restaurant in the Ajegunle area of Lagos to broaden his horizons and expand his source of income asides music. The ‘Double Wahala’ crooner made this known in a chat with Hip TV. “People say food is essential and I believe them. I know lots of people…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- One of the sons of billionaire business Kessignton Adebutu has been arrested. One of the sons of billionaire business Kessignton Adebutu has been arrested. Societynow.ng gathered that the arrested individual is Segun the brother to the gubernatorial aspirant in Ogun state Ladi Adebutu. Information at hand revealed that Segun was arrested…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, sponsor of the National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speech (Establishment) Bill 2019 has hinted that the death penalty has been dropped. The bill prescribes that any person who commits hate speech offence shall be liable to life imprisonment and where the act causes…
LAGOS JANUAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been forced to reject the results of Saturday’s rerun election in Essien Udim Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa-Ibom. INEC said it was moved to reject the results of the rerun election in the area due to the fact that its officials were abducted and…