LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the hike in prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol and electricity tariff. This was conveyed by Ayuba Wabba, the president of the NLC. While rejecting the increase yesterday said his organisation has began consulting state organs on the next line of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Anambra State have arrested a 25-old-year woman Onyinye Chime for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, one Eleyi Azubuike, to death at Ochiagha street, Nkpor, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Daily Sun gathered that the deceased allegedly impregnated the suspect who wanted an abortion which the she refused,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spare the rod and the spoil the child, however, discipline went wrong in Lagos when a man identified as Felix Ezike stabbed the Son of one Dada Animashaun, who invited him to help discipline his son. The Lagos state police command has arrested Felix Ezike, for allegedly stabbing a 19-year-old boy, Deji…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pioneer vice-chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, Professor Gabriel Jimoh Afolabi Ojo (KSG, CON), has passed on at the age of 90. Prof Ojo transited in his sleep on the afternoon of Sunday, August 30, 2020, at his Ikeja residence in Lagos. The brains behind distance learning in Nigeria, Prof…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely two days after electricity tariff was increased by about 300 per cent, oil marketers yesterday fixed the pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, at N162 per litre. The marketers fixed the new price following the Federal government’s announcement that the product would now be sold to marketers…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 35-year-old casual labourer was on Monday stoned to death for allegedly attempting to defile a three-year-old girl at Kambe market area in Ting’ang’a location of Kiambu Sub-county, Kenya. The victim, Michael Karimi Kai, died at the scene following the beating by members of the public who responded to a distress call…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-This is coming after more than 30 years after the former two-time minister studied in the United States. Bloomberg reports that Okonjo-Iweala actually took US citizenship in 2019 as she fought for the position of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). According to Bloomberg, most of the candidates battling for…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected the increase in pump price of fuel from N148 to N151. 56 announced by the Petroleum Product Marketing Company (PPMC) on Wednesday. The lawmakers, in a statement by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndidu Elumelu, on Wednesday, described…
