LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, says he will meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30 per cent of inmates from custodial centres across the country. Aregbesola made this known on Sunday when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja….
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages management committee, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo, and other supporters of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, have defied the heavy rain to hold their five-million-man rally in Lagos State on Sunday. The march commenced with a mammoth crowd at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, removed the image of Celestine Omehia, from the Government House. The removal comes as he signed the legal instrument derecognising Omehia as a former governor of the state. Rivers State House of Assembly had earlier on Thursday passed a motion to derecognise Omehia…
igeria cardets, Pilipines LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the protest embarked upon by cadets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), in the Philippines, the agency on Saturday, said it will embark on a fact-finding mission to the Philippines to engage the school where its Cadets of the National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) are…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cadets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA) on the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) in the Philippines for their Certificate of Competency (CoC) who were reportedly barred to engage the Embassy in Manila, may have spent close to ten years in Asia under the guise of study. The trending…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Folasade Ogunsola, a Professor of Microbiology, has emerged as the 13th Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG). The scholar makes history, as she becomes the first female VC of the institution established in 1962. Ogunsola will succeed the outgoing and 12th VC, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, whose five-year single term ends on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The prison sentence of beleaguered ex-South African President Jacob Zuma officially ended on Friday, with correctional services saying he had been released from their system having served only part of his term behind bars. The former Head of State was jailed for 15 months for contempt of court in July last year…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 election is being viewed around the world as not just a time to put people into offices but an opportunity for Nigeria to witness a turnaround and become a giver of opportunities instead of receiver. This is as some Asian countries may have quietly banned further issuance of visas to…