LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 113 people have died after a plane crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport, Cuban state media said on Friday. According to local media, it was carrying 104 passengers and nine foreign crew. The domestic flight, operated by national airline Cubana de Aviacon, crashed near…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Sea Petroleum Oil & Gas Ltd. and other assets belonging to Sen. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi over an unpaid debt of about N20 billion. AMCON said the takeover followed an injunction granted by Justice M.S. Hassan of the Federal High Court, Lagos against Sea…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has agreed to issue travel documents more quickly to its citizens who are in the process of being expelled from Canada as illegitimate refugee claimants, Canadian Immigration Minister, Ahmed Hussen said Friday. He said that was a key commitment he received this week during meetings with top government officials in Nigeria….
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has accused the Cameroonian government of “targeted killings”, arson and looting in its fight against an Anglophone separatist movement. In a statement following a meeting with President Paul Biya on Thursday, the U.S. ambassador to Cameroon called for dialogue to end an 18-month-old conflict. English-speaking rebels have killed over…
LAGOS AMY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Notwithstanding the spate of pirate attacks on its territorial waters, the Federal Government has declared that the Nigerian Constitution forbids the use of armed private guards on board vessels. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who made this known at the 3th edition of Lagos International Maritime…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the agency to return to the ports immediately. The order came less than three weeks after the NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, partly ascribed the drug abuse among youths to the unlawful importation of certain banned…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Borno State Commissioner for Higher Education and aspirant for the House of Representatives, Usman Jaha (Babawo), in trouble for allegedly embarrassing the government by distributing kits for shoe polish and other items to youths in Gwoza Local Government Area, it emerged on Thursday. Though the kits are said to be his personal…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has called on residents of the state to ensure that they register and collect their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) before the 2019 elections. Ayade made the call when he received a set of his appointees under the aegis of Special Assistants Network (SAN), who are…
