LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has fired Joram Gumbo (pictured), his minister of energy and power development, over “poor electricity supply” across the country. According to BBC, Zimbabwe is experiencing the worst electricity blackouts since 2016. This is coming after the minister had licenced over 30 companies to provide solar power to…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opens the week tradings’ on a bearish note. At the moment, All Share-Index (ASI) declined by 1.26% to close at 28,484.44 basis points. Year-to-Date the ASI was down by 9.37%. In reference to the equity market, The capitalization closed at N10.701 trillion in contrast to N10.842 trillion…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Acho Ihim was reported to haveabsconded the mace Twenty one out of the twenty seven (27) lawmakers representing the Imo State House of Assembly on Wednesday came together to a final decision to suspend the Speaker, Acho Ihim. According to reports reaching us, the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mexico’s education ministry cancelled schools in the capital and surrounding areas for Thursday due to a siege of air pollution. Weather conditions at the end of Mexico’s dry season combined with dozens of brushfires burning in and around the city have produced a blanket of smoky haze. The federal Environment Department said…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Itsekiri National Development Initiative, (INDI) has demanded the immediate resignation of Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta / Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo, over perceived anti-Itsekiri posture, particularly against ex-agitators of Itsekiri extraction. The demand was contained in a communiqué issued Sunday, May…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector Command, says defaulting motorists run the risk of being fined N10, 000 as it begins a special patrol code-named “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence” on Monday. The State Sector Commander, Mr Hyginus Omeje, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, signed by the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has described a despicable lie, comments by the Presidency suggesting that he and his party are sabotaging the Buhari-led government. The Presidency through its spokesman, Lai Mohamed, had said that the opposition candidate, and his party were doing everything to sabotage the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A conglomeration of 15 churches in Northern Nigeria under the aegis of Tarayar Ekklisiyoyin Kristi A Nigeria (meaning, Fellowship of the Churches of Christ in Nigeria), – TEKAN – has expressed concern over the continued spate of banditry and insecurity in the country, saying “the government must sit up.” According to the…
