Archive for: January, 2021

PTML Customs Command Faults N48bn Revenue Shortfall On Gridlock, Covid-19

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The PTML Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service said it generated a total of N189.3 billion from January to December 2020, recording a shortfall of N48.9 billion in its target for the year. The command had been tasked with the responsibility of generating N238 billion in 2020. The amount generated is however […]

Four Police Inspectors In Trouble For Allegedly Extorting N70,000 From Student

LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four  police Inspectors for alleged harassment and extortion of  N70,000  from one 16-year-old student identified as Segun on 18th January, 2021, at NGAB Junction, Isheri Area of Lagos State, in a Toyota Corolla car.  A press statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer […]

Republican Congress Woman Files Articles Of Impeachment Against President Biden

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Before President Joe Biden finished his first day in office and before the Senate trial of his predecessor has even begun, a Georgia Republican has filed articles of impeachment against the new president. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced the articles Thursday, alleging corruption by President Biden in his dealings with Ukraine and […]

Presidency Reacts To Report On Pigeons That Refused To Fly On Armed Forces Remebrance Day

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday said it is unfortunate that some idle and indolent wailers made an issue out of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony where pigeons released by President Muhammadu Buhari refused to fly. In his weekly article titled ‘ Reflections From […]

Buhari Approves Re-Appointment Bala Usman, Increases NPA Board Tenure To 5yrs

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- The President also approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), for additional five-year tenure. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said that the President also approved the reconstitution of the Non-Executive membership of the […]

EU, US Call For Probe Into Uganda Election Violence As Bobi Wine Remains Under Lock

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The European Union has joined a growing number of international voices calling for a probe into Ugandan election abuses and violence that left more than 40 people dead in the lead up to the polls. Opposition candidates were harassed by security forces, the media was suppressed by the government, and observers’ offices […]

Goodluck Jonathan: Restructuring Alone Won’t Solve Nigeria’s Problem

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that restructuring alone can not solve Nigeria’s problems and cannot be done in isolation. The former President called for the issues of nepotism, ethnic and religious bias to be addressed. He stated this on Thursday while speaking at a dialogue on restructuring in Abuja. […]

Scores Missing As Gunmen Kill 37 In Fresh Attack On Zamfara Village

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed 37 people in Dutsin Gari village, Kanoma district in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents told SaharaReporters that the armed men arrived at Dutsin Gari on motorbikes after blocking the community’s entry and exit points before unleashing terror on the defenceless residents […]

Covid-19 Surge: Buhari Approves Release Of $16.9m To Set Up Oxygen Plants

LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s president has approved the release of 6.45 billion naira ($16.94 million) to set up oxygen production plants in 38 sites to help treat COVID-19 patients as authorities contend with a sharp rise in cases, the government said on Thursday. Africa’s most-populous country, where officials recorded low coronavirus numbers through much of […]

Disco Disconnects Late Ex-President Shehu Shagari’s Home Over Unpaid N6m Electricity Bills

LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company on Wednesday disconnected the home of the late Shehu Shagari, the Second Republic President of Nigeria, over unpaid bills to the tune of over N6 million. The former president died on December 28, 2018 at the age of 93. Confirming the disconnection of Sama Road, Sokoto home […]

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