LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Musa and players from both sides had to take to their heels to take cover from angry fans. With Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa on the pitch, Pillars were playing a goalless draw with visitors Akwa United when the referee ruled a goal offside in the 85th minute. The home fans at…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, (CRAN) have applauded the recent elevation of Mr. Johnson Kokumo to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police and his subsequent deployment to the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos. In a statement signed by the Chairman, Public Interest and Strategy Committee of the Association,…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice has served hearing notice on the Buhari government in the suit filed by SERAP and 176 Nigerians on the unlawful suspension of Twitter. The suit is fixed for 22 June 2021 for the hearing of application for interim orders, SERAP said on Twitter on Monday night. “Having…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The midfielder’s representative says the player is in positive spirits after receiving treatment at hospital. Christian Eriksen’s agent Martin Schoots has delivered an update on the Inter and Denmark star’s condition following his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020. The football world was rocked to its core during Saturday’s Group B clash between Denmark…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been outrage over the demolition of 12 churches and two mosques on 2nd Avenue, FESTAC Town, Lagos State, by officials of the Federal Housing Authority. Our correspondent was told that a market and a car mart were also affected in the exercise carried out on Sunday. PUNCH Metro learnt that…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The value of the naira to the dollar fell from 196.99 in December 2015 to 410 in April 2021, reflecting a 51.95 per cent decline despite the various foreign exchange policies introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria to strengthen the currency. According to a monthly document obtained from the CBN’s website,…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Nigerian teenagers, irked by the illegal and unjust annulment of the June 12, 1993 general election by the Ibrahim Babangida administration, hijacked a Nigeria Airways aircraft flying from Lagos to Abuja and diverted it to Niamey, Niger Republic. The incident took place on a Monday, October 25, 1993, at a time…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says he is not aware of the suspension of Hadiza Bala Usman as the managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). On May 5, President Muhammadu Buhari approved Usman’s suspension following a recommendation by Amaechi. After Usman’s suspension, Amaechi inaugurated an 11-member investigative panel to probe NPA over all contracts awarded…
