Archive for: June, 2023

Travelers Decry High  Domestic Airfare  Despite 20% Decline In Cost Of Aviation Fuel

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Air travellers across Nigeria have decried the high fares being charged by airlines for domestic flights despite the massive decline in the cost of aviation fuel. Airlines still charge as high as N60,000 for one-way ticket for domestic flights in Nigeria, despite the decline in the cost of aviation fuel from over […]

Benin Republic Feels The Pain As Nigeria Ends Fuel Subsidies

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sitting on top of a yellow jerry can of fuel, Jeannine waits for customers on a sidewalk in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou, but business is slow. The motorbikes and cars she normally supplies are no longer stopping to stock up on her cheap gasoline, which is smuggled in from neighbouring Nigeria. Since […]

Flood Sacks Residents, Submerges Houses, Cars, Others As Rain Wreak Havoc In Lagos Suburbs

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some houses and cars were sunk in water at the Abattoir-Orile Agege-Almaroof – Aboru canal, and the lyana-lpaja axis in Lagos State as flood continues to wreak havoc on the residents. The same situation of flooding was witnessed at the back of the Government Senior College Agege on Thursday and on the […]

Man Dies Few Days After Being Attacked By His  German Shepherd Dog

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A man identified as Simon Ngonja has died a few days after he was attacked by his dog in Yaoundé, Cameroon.   According to reports, the deceased, said to be a senior staff at the Prime Minister’s office, was attacked by the German Shepherd dog when he returned from a trip on […]

Naira Fall:  Rabiu To Lose Over N1trn In Hours, Drops 200 Places in Billionaire Ranking

LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdulsamad Rabiu, the chairman of BUA Group, has suffered a substantial loss to his fortune in the wake of the Naira’s devaluation. It  had reported that the Central Bank of Nigeria announced that the naira exchange rate to the dollar will now be determined by market forces. The apex bank went further […]

Lagos: Baby Girl Abandoned Under Bus In Ketu, Mile 12

LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A baby girl was found abandoned under a parked bus on Wednesday at Mile 12 in Ketu, Lagos. This was disclosed by the spokesperson of Lagos Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin on his Twitter handle. According to Hundeyin, a Lagosian who set out for work at about 4:30 am on Wednesday, June […]

Anti-Party: Labour Party Suspends Legal Adviser, Eleven Chairmen

LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has suspended the national legal adviser of the party, women leader and eleven chairmen for anti-party activities. The chairman of LP in Osun State, Comrade Bello Adebayo, speaking with newsmen in Osogbo capital of Osun State on Thursday, stated that the suspended executives of the […]

Nigeria’s ‘Tallest Man’ Passes On  At 48

LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s ‘tallest man’ who is also a popular Nollywood actor and reality TV star, Afeez Agoro Oladimiji, has been reported dead at the age of 48.  Afeez who measured 7ft 4in tall reportedly died on Wednesday night at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) after battling with an ailment known as Acromegaly.  Afeez, […]

Tinubu Inaugurates National Economic Council, Says No Excuse For Complain

LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday morning, inaugurated the National Economic Council at the Council Chamber of the State House Abuja. Thursday’s inauguration comes a week after Tinubu directed council members to concretise intervention plans to mitigate the effects of the petroleum subsidy. Tinubu, who inaugurated the NEC at 11:25 am, said the […]

Threat To Life Of Judge Scuttle Stella Oduah’s N7.9m Fraud Trial

LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has suspended the trial of former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, over the alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges instituted against her by the Federal Government. Odua’s arraignment, slated for June 15, was suspended by Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo over alleged threat to his life […]

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