LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Singer Chibuzor Oji aka Faze has been is bereaved following the demise of his mother. The singer, who was a member of the defunct hip hop group, Plantashun Boyz, announced this on his Instagram page. He said his mother died on January 12, 2022, a year after he lost his twin sister….
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has signed an agreement for the collection of what it called “Consolidated Informal Sector Transport Levy” designed to harmonise dues collected by government from commercial motorists at parks and garages. The agreement was signed between the state government, local government, various transport unions and some government agencies. According…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said it will not release the 2023 general election timetable until the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is signed into law. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this Tuesday in Abuja during the commission’s first quarterly consultative meeting with political parties. He said; “On the Electoral…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vatican on Tuesday said the second and third ranking Vatican officials under Pope Francis have tested positive for COVID-19. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who is secretary of state, had slight symptoms, and the deputy secretary of state, Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, had no symptoms, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said. He said both…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities on Tuesday said 82 lives had been lost in a spate of severe summer weather that has seen South Africa pummeled by persistent downpours for days. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs said most of the deaths were due to drownings and lightening strikes. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the head…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prophet Oladipupo Funmilade Joel a. k. a Baba Sekunderin of the The Way of Reconciliation Evangelistic Ministries (TWOREM) International, Lagos, has landed in trouble over his alleged attempts to assassinate his church member, Akinbo Ayokunle, after allegedly swindling him of N9m and destroying his marriage by sleeping with his wife in order…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians are groaning in darkness for the first time in 2022 after the national electricity grid suffered a major failure on Monday, seizing power supply to homes amidst scorching weather conditions. The situation is exposing companies, businesses, and individual users to economic difficulties, as many Nigerians question why the system continues to…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The trial, of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB) on an amended terrorism charge has been postponed to January 19 (Wednesday). Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the trial after the lead defense lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) sought time to enable him to study the amended 15-count charges…