LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS) – A telecoms blackout will be maintained in large swathes of northwest Nigeria because it is helping the armed forces crack down on bandits responsible for a wave of abductions and attacks, the country’s top general said on Thursday. All telephone and internet services were shut down in the whole of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian music star, Burna Boy has said that hypocrisy is why marijuana is yet to be legalised in Nigeria. Marijuana (also known as weed) is still illegal in Nigeria, although it hasn’t stopped its use by some people in the country. Burna Boy during a conversation with Home Grown Radio in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will require civil servants to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test for the disease to gain access to their offices from the beginning of December, a presidential committee said on Wednesday. The presidential committee said unvaccinated government workers will need to present a negative test result done…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female passenger parading through a Denver International Airport concourse last month without any clothing drew attention from fellow passengers and airport police. The woman, who had no luggage, appeared to be carrying some kind of a thermos, bottle or drink holder in her right hand. Beyond that, she was completely naked….
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Cosmas Ibeziako Ugwueze, has dismissed a trending video of attack on military personnel by indigenes of his area. The LGA boss spoke on the development in a statement he issued and made available to newsmen on Monday. Ugwueze said: “The attention of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said that the Department of State Services released veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, after a rigorous search of his phones. According to the lawyer, the secret police didn’t find anything incriminating on the actor’s phones. Ozekhome made this revelation in a statement on Tuesday shortly…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In line with his constant support for the critical areas of national development, Mr Peter Obi, the Former Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has again invested N2 million to St Joseph’s Hospital and St Joseph’s School of Midwifery, Adazi-Nnukwu, for the upgrade of their health services. Obi made…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen Tuesday attacked the venue of a rally organized by All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, at Odoata Central School Field, Ihiala during which they engaged security operatives in Governor Willie Obiano’s convoy in a shootout that lasted over one hour. Although a soldier was shot during the shootout, there were unconfirmed reports…