LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN) has congratulated Hadiza Bala Usman on her re-appointment as the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), for a second term of five years. Speaking on behalf of the Association, The President of MAJAN, Comrade Ugochukwu described her re-appointment as an…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Nigerians, about 600 have been stranded in Saudi Arabia for more than seven months, according to a video circulating on social media. However, reacting to the video, Chairman of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Friday said “Nigerian irregular migrants in Saudi Arabia are due to be evacuated…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo recognized and praised the efforts of the staff Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and other public health workers, which he described as “heroic”. The Vice President who visited the premises of NCNC yesterday interacted with the laboratory staff while on tour of the facility and observed operations…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Donald Trump’s supporters are mobilizing to exact revenge on the 10 House Republicans who supported impeachment last week, thrusting the GOP into a civil war just as party leaders are trying to move on from the Trump era. Pro-Trump Republicans are racing to launch primary challenges. The former president’s donors…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 43 West African migrants trying to reach Europe drowned off the coast of Libya on Tuesday, after their boat capsized in rough seas, in the first shipwreck of 2021 in the central Mediterranean, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday. Ten survivors were rescued and brought to shore by coastal security…
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…
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…
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…