Archive for: December, 2021

Nigeria Customs Intercepts Container Load of Arms Declared As Plasma TV In Tin-Can Port

LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted a container loaded with guns at Tin Can Island, in Lagos. According to the service, the owner of the container allegedly declared its content as plasma televisions, but checks by officers revealed that guns were concealed in the facility. Reacting to the development on […]

Customs Accused Of Granting Suspicious N79bn Import Waivers, Snub Auditor-General

LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service in 2019 granted import duty waivers worth N78.5 billion to local and foreign companies including 14 members of staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in violation of financial regulations, the government’s audit report has revealed. The agency granted a N78.5 billion waiver to companies and a N17.2 […]

Northern Groups Gives FG Three Months To Curb Insecurity Or Shutdown Six States, FCT

LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto State chapter of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has given the Nigerian Government three months to curb insecurity in the North-West states or face a mass action that will shut down the zone and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The states in the North-West geopolitical zone are Jigawa, Kaduna, […]

Premium Times Editor-In-Chief, Mojeed Emerges President Of Int’l Press Institute Nigeria Chapter

LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Editor-in-Chief/Chief Operating Officer of PREMIUM TIMES Nigeria, Musikilu Mojeed, on Thursday in Abuja emerged as the President of the Nigeria chapter of the International Press Institute. He emerged as president unopposed during a session of the General Assembly of the IPI, held physically and virtually. Also at the meeting, the General […]

Libyans Confused, In Dark Over Election With Eight Days To Go

LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight days before Libyans were meant to cast presidential votes, there is utter confusion over the fate of an election that has not yet been formally delayed but that has almost no chance of going ahead on time. The planned Dec. 24 vote, along with a parallel election for a new parliament, […]

Inter Milan Terminates Christian Eriksen’s Contract On Mutual Consent

LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Christian Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020, has left Inter Milan by mutual consent. The 29-year-old enjoyed six-and-a-half seasons at Tottenham before moving to San Siro in January 2020 for a fee in the region of £17million. Eriksen helped Inter win last season’s Serie A title but the following […]

27 People Feared Dead As Fire Razes Mental Clinic In Osaka, Japan

LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire swept through a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, the local fire department said. The blaze is being treated as suspected arson, the Kyodo news agency said, quoting police sources saying that a man who appeared to be in his 60s […]

Passengers Escape Death As Car Confronts Landing Plane On Lagos Airport Runway

LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major air mishap was averted on Wednesday as a Max Air jet, which landed on runway 18L of the Lagos airport, almost rammed into a malfunctioning car that was being tested on the runway. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that a Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s Civil Department van had developed […]

Lagos Tops Covid-19 Chart With 599 New Cases As Nigeria Records 1,051

LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Lagos topped the COVID-19 chart with 599 new cases out of the 1,051 cases recorded in Nigeria on Thursday. The NCDC made this known via its Website on Friday morning. It added that Nigeria now has 221,071 COVID-19 cases. The centre said that no […]

Critics Slam Northern Musician For Releasing Song In Praise Of Bandit Kingpin, Turji

LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A song celebrating notorious kingpin of banditry, Bello Turji, is trending in northern Nigeria to the indignation of many residents who have suffered from the ongoing atrocities of bandits in the regions. Mr Turji, from Shinkafi in Zamfara State, is believed to lead gangs terrorising communities in Sokoto, Zamfara, and parts of […]

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