LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person died, three others injured as the Cocoa House elevator suffered mechanical failure and crashed while some technicians were working on it on Wednesday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the faulty elevator of the 25 stories building collapsed on Wednesday while four technicians were working to…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Akwa Ibom State are preparing to arraign some officials of the Deeper Life High School over the alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old student of the school in Uyo. Some officials of the school were said to have been detained after attending a meeting at the police headquarters, Uyo,…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Mike Pence was ushered quickly out of the Senate chamber as it recessed and the debate between senators had to stop mid-speech. The House also recessed. The US Senate suddenly recessed on Wednesday after protesters incited by President Donald Trump invaded the Capitol. According to NBC, Vice President Mike Pence…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders around the world condemned the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing shock at the chaos unfolding in a country they once relied upon for global leadership. “Disgraceful scenes in US Congress,” tweeted Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, a staunch ally of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern city of Wenzhou on Tuesday jailed 17 people for smuggling pangolin scales into China. The members of the gang were convicted of importing 23 tonnes of scales from pangolins — the world’s most trafficked mammal — worth 180 million yuan ($28 million) from Nigeria between…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19. The chairman, PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this at the national briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, was on Tuesday cleared by the authorities of the University of Ibadan of alleged forgery of his degree certificate brought against him by the All Progressives Congress. But hearing in the matter continues today (Wednesday) at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The degree certificate was…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos State have arrested 71 people for allegedly violating the COVID-19 rules in the state. The violators, according to the police were arrested during raids at different night clubs in Lekki and Surulere areas of the state. The image maker in charge of the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi,…