Archive for: January, 2021

Massive Challenges Await Nigeria’s New Service Chiefs

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s sudden replacement of his top military commanders may be a welcome change in a country frustrated over a decade-long insurgency, but on the ground, soldiers face a complex mix of conflicts. Often described as overstretched and underfunded, Nigeria’s military is fighting jihadists in the northeast and armed gangs […]

Buhari Signs Bill Making Use Of Face Masks In Public Compulsory

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection Bill 2021 making the use of face masks in public places mandatory, among other measures to curtail the further spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. He […]

Forty Five Senior Military Officers Submit Retirement Letters

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 45 senior officers from the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force have put in their retirement letters from service, following the appointment of their juniors and course mates as service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari, Daily Sun gathered. Most of the officers, who have put in their retirement letters, are said […]

Alleged Credit Card Fraud: EFCC Produces More Evidence Against Naira Marley

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The trial of Azeez Fashola, popular musician also known as Naira Marley continued on January 27, 2021 with Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos admitting more evidence against him. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Naira Marley for offence bordering on conspiracy and credit card […]

I Saw Hell In Kidnappers Den-Edo Immigration PRO

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“I was meant to be killed, but my abductors sold me to herdsmen. I saw hell and I don’t wish my enemy such.” Those were the exact words of the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Mrs Bridget Esene, who was kidnapped on Sunday […]

New Improved Salary Structure For Police Will Soon Come Into Force

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said 18,360 community policing officers (CPOs) have been screened, vetted, recruited and trained. This was as the Acting Chairman of the National Salaries and Wages Commission (NSWC), Ekpo Nta, said a new salary structure for policemen would soon come into force. Both men spoke […]

Benue State Gov, Samuel Ortom, Close Aides Tests Positive For Covid-19

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has tested positive for COVID-19. This was disclosed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, in a statement issued on Wednesday. He stated, “This follows the test results of most of the Governor’s close aides who also returned positive in the last few weeks. “Though the […]

Fayose Calls For Probe Of Sacked Service Chiefs

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other agencies to probe the tenure of the sacked service chiefs for human rights abuses and extra judicial killings. President Buhari had sacked the service chiefs after many Nigerians have agitated for their sack. Fayose took to his […]

Nigeria Customs Kick Starts New Vehicle Tariff Next Week

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Hameed Ali, on Tuesday hinted that the proposed slash in duties on vehicles and tractors from 35 to 10 per cent will likely take off next week, as the management was expecting an official communication from the Finance Ministry on it any moment […]

Covid-19: Tazania President Decries Vaccines, Shuns Lockdown, Hope In God’s Protection

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli said on Wednesday that no lockdown was planned because God would protect people from COVID-19 while homespun precautions such as steam inhalation were better than vaccines. “Vaccines are not good. If they were, then the white man would have brought vaccines for HIV/AIDS,” he said in a speech […]

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