UAE Makes U Turn, Concedes Seven Flight Slots To Air Peace, Grants Direct Flight To Dubai

LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In what appears as a move to avert a diplomatic row, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday conceded seven slots to Air Peace. It has also granted the Nigerian carrier  the permit to fly directly to Dubai instead of Sharjah Airport, a source said. But, the government said it was unaware of alleged…

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‘Nigeria Govt To Destroy One Million Expired COVID-19 Vaccines’

LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will destroy around one million expired COVID-19 vaccines, Faisal Shuaib, head of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said on Monday, adding his agency was working with drug regulator NAFDAC to set a date for their destruction. Nigeria’s health minister Osagie Ehanire said last week some COVID-19 doses donated…

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Uganda Opposition Leader, Bobi Wine ‘Under House Arrest’

LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said Tuesday that police had assaulted his party members and put him under house arrest to prevent him from attending a campaign rally for a local by-election. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said police and military officers, deployed overnight, had barred him from leaving his…

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Rohr Set To Drag NFF Before FIFA As Onigbinde, Adepoju Fault NFF On Timing

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may be dragged before the world soccer ruling body, FIFA, following the unceremonious dismissal of Coach Gernot Rohr as the Super Eagles manager, so said one of the German’s confidants. The NFF in a statement released late on Sunday, announced that it had severed relationship with the…

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Policemen Invited To Settle Fight Kill 17-Year-Old Mechanic In Ajegunle, Lagos

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mechanic, Promise Tochukwu, aka Daddy, has been shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified policeman on Opaleye Bridge, around Okoya Street, Ajegunle in the Ifelodun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The killer cop was said to have followed a security team to the area, which included military men of the Operation…

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