LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has pledged to give priority attention to the health and safety of Nigerians, noting that for any country to develop, the health of its people, particularly the workforce, is critical. The President spoke when he received the co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, and […]
Jun 20 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In response to the petition filed by Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant from the Labour Party, against Bola Tinubu at the tribunal, Babatunde Gbadamosi, a former candidate for Lagos Governorship, recently posted on his social media accounts. In his post, Gbadamosi claimed that, Peter Obi had made thorough preparations to counter election […]
Jun 20 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video showing the convoy escorting the new Senate President, Godwill Akpabio after the day’s work is circulating on social media. In the video making rounds, several cars, which consists of V8s, Mercedes Benzes and motorcycle outriders were captured as part of the motorcade. Several security personnel were also part of the […]
Jun 20 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed Emmanuel Igwe, an electoral officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi. NAN reports that the victim was killed on Sunday when the gunmen attacked him and his wife along the Ishiagu axis of the Ishiagu-Mpu road while returning from Anambra state. The […]
Jun 20 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu made sweeping changes to the defence forces on Monday, forcing out the security chiefs and the head of police less than a month after taking office. Tinubu, who was sworn in on May 29, has made security one of his major priorities and promised reforms to the sector, […]
Jun 20 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have been reacting to report of 40 percent increase in electricity tariff in the coming days, a development which may eventually end all forms of energy subsidy in the country, according to The Guardian. With a monthly subsidy of about N50 billion still in the electricity sector owing to revenue shortfall, […]
Jun 19 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The whereabouts of a yet-to-be-identified mother, her baby and six other persons including a man identified simply as Umar, have reportedly been unknown after flood induced by a heavy downpour washed them away in the Agege area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that during the heavy downpour on Thursday, flood overran […]
Jun 19 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the newly assented Students Loans Act to grant for indigent students. “This would have been better if we are giving it to those set of students who are very poor, it should be called a grant, not a […]
Jun 19 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angolan police have fired tear gas in the capital Luanda and other cities, like Benguela and Namibe, as thousands of protesters took to the streets a week after clashes over a recent fuel hike killed at least five people. President Joao Lourenco on June 8 fired the economic coordination minister and replaced […]
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The cost of shipping oil from Nigeria surged the most in more than a year this weekend, prompting some ship owners to stay away from Africa’s largest oil producer, a Bloomberg report has said. Freight for ships hauling about one million barrels of crude from Nigeria to Europe jumped almost $16,000 a […]
Jun 19 2023 | Posted in
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