LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna State Government has ordered for the closure of 13 private secondary schools over security threat as a result of the abduction of 140 students of Bethel Baptist High school in the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director-General, Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority, Mrs Umma K….
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos House of Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law in the state barring police from parading suspects before the media. The bill was passed yesterday at a sitting presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9 (a)…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Southern states’ governors have agreed that the successor of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), should come from the region. This was part of the communique they issued following their meeting on Monday in Lagos. During the meeting, the governors also deliberated on insecurity, constitution amendment, PIB and anti-open grazing law…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Confederation of African Football (CAF) continued its reorganisation and reformation on Monday as the African football.ruling body announced new deputy Secretary General. Since South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe took over the rein of the body, many changes have taken place with Switzerland based Veron Mosengo-Omba emerging secretary general. The African soccer governing body…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 1.27 million subscribers were lost in the month of May by MTN Nigeria, Globacom, Airtel Nigeria and 9mobile as the companies bleed amid their data war. The month ended with Airtel becoming the biggest loser having lost 906,669 data users. This loss dwindled the telco’s customer base from 37.02 million of…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Southern Governors’ Forum on Monday rejected the proposed 3% share of oil revenue to the host community and supported the five percent share recommended by the House of Representatives in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Read full Communique below COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In Maryland, a United States district court has ordered Daniel Olukoya, general overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), to pay $7,320 within 30 days to Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters. SaharaReporters had published stories involving Olukoya in September 2017 when some members of the church in Maryland…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Maryam Katagum, on Monday slumped while on an official engagement in Bauchi State. The minister, who was in Bauchi to launch an empowerment programme held at Sanin Malam Plaza in Bauchi, suddenly slumped as she tried to deliver her speech at the ceremony…
