LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday morning. It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021. Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, who disclosed this in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria on Monday recorded its lowest number of daily new COVID-19 cases since December when the federal government declared a second wave of the pandemic. According to figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late Monday, the country recorded 676 new cases of the novel coronavirus. However, the virus’ death…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced the death of Obakpolor on its verified Twitter handle on Monday night. “We @thenff regret to announce the passing of our one-time chairman of then Nigeria Football Association, Group Captain John Obakpolor (Rtd). May his soul Rest In Peace. Our thoughts and prayers are with his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Momoh was appointed Minister of Information and Culture by General Ibrahim Babangida, holding this position from September 1986 until 1990. He was Chairman of the African Conference of Information Ministers from 1988 to 1990. In 1983 the editor of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, was detained for a week by police for publishing what…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Maiduguri and environs have been thrown into lingering blackout following the destruction of one of the towers supplying electricity to the city from the national grid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the blackout, which has lasted for one week, has grounded many businesses that are relying on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has announced that the Lagos-Ibadan Rail has been officially connected to the Apapa port complex. The construction company disclosed this in a tweet on Monday. “On the morning of Jan. 25, 2021, with the successful pouring of the last 25-meter monolithic track bed superstructure of Apapa…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the demand for oxygen by coronavirus patients has increased to 400 cylinders per day. Sanwo-Olu made this known on Sunday in a statement in which he updated residents on the management of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. He reiterated that oxygen was free in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Minister of Information and Culture Prince Tony Momoh is dead. Prince Momoh, a veteran journalist, served as a Nigerian minister during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida between 1986 and 1990. He was among the founders of the ruling APC. More…