LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six aggrieved Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, its chairman, all INEC national commissioners; 177,606 polling officers, and Usman Alkali, Inspector General of Police, over the conduct of the just concluded controversial general election. The suit, which was received by Abuja Federal High Court on March […]
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LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Department of State has announced 15 per cent hike in fees for certain nonimmigrant visa applications, including travel visas. It said the fee for B-1/B-2 visitor visas, Border Crossing Cards for Mexican citizens aged 15 and above, and student and exchange visitor visas will increase from $160 to $185. […]
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesia has been stripped of the right to host the Under-20 football World Cup, FIFA has said in a statement after protests against Israel’s participation led to the cancellation of the tournament’s main draw. Global football’s governing body announced its decision on Wednesday, following a meeting with the Indonesian football federation’s (PSSI) […]
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the X- SQUAD of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon close, Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria have arrested four suspected fraudsters and charged them before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court for allegedly purchasing N7,300,000 frozen fish with fake cheques and escaped. Also charged with them was the alleged receiver of the […]
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LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A humanitarian intervention focused on providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation and protection services in Nigeria’s north-east region will empower over 300,000 mothers and caregivers. The intervention aims to enhance dietary practices, home-based malnutrition screening skills, provision of high impact lifesaving nutrition interventions (such as early identification and referral of acute malnutrition […]
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LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of expensive seized vehicles estimated at over N60 billion are presently rotting away at various warehouses of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) across the country. The vehicles, which were seized from smugglers, are wasting as the electronic auction (e-auction) platform of Customs has become moribund and useable to the general public. […]
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LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, approved the request by the Federal Government to borrow $973,474,971.38 from China Development Bank. This followed the decision by the China-Exim Bank to reject Nigeria’s $22,798,446,773 loan request earlier approved by the National Assembly. The Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Abubakar Fulata, […]
Mar 29 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About a month after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as winner of the February 25 presidential election, the whereabouts and health condition of the President-elect has continued to generate ripples within his political circle. Although the media managers of […]
Mar 29 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 75-year-old grandmother, Mrs Iforiti Oloro, who set her own son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren, ablaze in Ondo state, is dead. Mrs Oloro died at the hospital where she was rushed for treatment after her health condition got deteriorated. The old woman had penultimate weekend set fire on her own son; Victor, […]
Mar 29 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guinea have halted the Olympic Eagles’ dreams of featuring at the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The loss also means the U-23 Eagles will not participate in the football event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The Salisu Yusuf side fell 2-0 against Guinea in the second leg of their final […]
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