LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has stepped down the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill after an hour-long closed-door session. Further deliberation is expected to hold over the decision while the House is on recess. Earlier in the day, lawmakers from the South-South opposed the harmonised PIB allocation to host communities which was pegged at…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven persons have sustained fatal injuries and are feared dead at Dangote Sugar Company, in Gyawana, Adamawa State owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Reports from the area, which is about 70 kilometers from Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, indicate that the soldiers opened fire on the protesters around 5pm…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended eleven party members of the party believed to be loyalists of the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities. The suspension letter, dated February 5, 2021, was signed by the National Secretary, Caretaker/Extra-ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, Sen….
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians aspiring to travel out of the country to the United States of America now buy visa interview date at the rate of N600,000, some victims have told SaharaReporters. They stated that this is as a result of visa interview dates filling up till 2024, forcing those who are desperate to secure…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Tuesday July 20 and Wednesday July 21, 2021, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslim faithful and Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora on…
LAGOS JU;Y 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven women were trampled to death in northeast Nigeria on Thursday in a crush during a food distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a medical worker and residents said. Thousands of people thronged the distribution site in the town of Monguno in Borno State to receive aid from ICRC,…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has announced the death of its Provost Marshal, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Ahmed, who was killed by gunmen on Thursday. The assailants kidnapped his sister, Safina Ahmed (initially mistaken for the wife). The death was announced in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Friday in…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 43 people have died and many more are missing after severe floods in western Germany Another six are dead in Belgium, and the Netherlands has also been badly affected The Belgian city of Liège has urged all residents to leave Major rivers have burst their banks after record rainfall The…
