LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli said on Wednesday that no lockdown was planned because God would protect people from COVID-19 while homespun precautions such as steam inhalation were better than vaccines. “Vaccines are not good. If they were, then the white man would have brought vaccines for HIV/AIDS,” he said in a speech…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Nigeria’s then-head of state Sani Abacha stole billions of dollars and died before spending his loot, it prompted an international treasure hunt spread over decades. The man hired to get the money back tells the BBC’s Clare Spencer how the search took over his life. In September 1999, Swiss lawyer Enrico…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Telecommunications companies have been licensed to register people who do not have National Identity Numbers so as to reduce the large crowds at the offices of the National Identity Management Commission , the NIMC has said . Director – General, NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, said some other private and public organisations had also…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following an eviction order to them in Ondo forest reserves by Governor Rotimi Aketedolu, herdsmen have relocated to Ekiti state forests for grazing activities The State Secretary of the Maize Grower Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria, (MAGPAMAN), Tope Emmanuel, raised the alarm during a chat with reporters in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday. Emmanuel…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said attempts to make him head of Operation Amotekun, a South-West Security Network, are “embarrassing”. Igboho stated this during an Instagram Live Chat with media mogul, Dele Momodu, on Tuesday. He had asked herdsmen in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mixed reactions greeted the sack of the Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari in Makurdi, the Benue state capital on Tuesday. While many people were visibly happy over the sack, some were indifferent to the removal of the Service Chiefs. Those that were indifferent argued that the sack was belated and as…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The crypto market just lost about $70 billion, as significant selling pressure from crypto sellers pushed the value of cryptocurrencies lower across the market spectrum amid the rising U.S dollar and some profit-taking. The global crypto market value is $930.47 billion, a 5.61% decrease over the last day. The U.S dollar was…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on concerned authorities to see to the amicable resolution of the alleged invasion of Providence High School, Enugu, by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, (AMCON) on account of debt. “I feel…
