LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – Thomas Tyavwva Maji is planting rice on more of his land in Nigeria’s Benue State than ever to take advantage of a surge in prices since the country shut its land borders in August. But he says he cannot go much further. With no machinery or irrigation, limited manual labour…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said there was no specific cause for the deadly coronavirus yet. A statement released by the centre said the NCDC was working closely with the World Health Organisation to monitor the spread of the virus. It added that the Federal Ministry of Health had…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Indications emerged yesterday that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may have rejected the new candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC for Saturday’s re-run elections in Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district. Following the appointment of its candidate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio as Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, APC had last month…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has reacted to reports making the rounds on social media of a new method to register for National Identity Number, NIN. Reports emerged on Tuesday that Nigerians could register for NIN with *346# USSD code with the use of BVN. But, the commission in an immediate…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The people of Agulu, Anambra State, have expressed happiness over the emergence of their son, Mr. Peter Obi, as “The Governor of the Decade” in Nigeria. Obi, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 presidential election, was conferred with…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has been able to secure commercial deals worth over ₦153.4billion from the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit which was held in London. President Muhammadu Buhari, who led a delegation from Nigeria, held meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. In a statement on…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Lassa fever has killed no fewer than nineteen people in Nigeria.The dreaded disease was reported to have killed three people in Kano and sixteen in Ondo state. Kano State Commissioner for Health, Aminu Tsanyawa, told journalists on Wednesday that the victims of the virus include a pregnant woman and two medical doctors,…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Anambra State billionaire and owner of Fireman Generators, Chief Ignatius Odunukwe who went missing since first week of December has been found dead. The billionaire was killed, cut into pieces and his body packed into a ”Ghana Must Go” bag which his murderers took to the expressway and dumped inside a forest….