LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, one of Africa’s most prominent coronavirus sceptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday after a more than two-week absence from public life that led to speculation about his health. She said he died from the heart disease that had plagued him for…
LAGOS MATCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Iyaganku chief magistrate court in Ibadan, Oyo capital, has ordered that Iskilu Wakili, a Fulani leader in the state, be remanded in a correctional facility. Wakili was arrested by the Oodua Peoples Congress and other security outfits in Kajola, Ibarapa area of the state, and subsequently handed over to the police….
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Babatunde Fashola, a top-tier member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, has been interrogated by the EFCC over corrupt practices tied to his questionable asset declaration and an ongoing probe of Babatunde Fowler, the disgraced former chairman of the FIRS, two senior anti-graft detectives have told Peoples Gazette. Officials familiar with the works…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced new charges for customers using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data services. The apex bank said effective Tuesday, customers will pay a flat fee of N6.98 per transaction every time they use USSD services. It said the new charges was part of the agreement reached when…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has instituted an investigation into the violent attacks and theft allegation against the policemen captured in the viral video where two (2) mobile policemen were attacked and alleged to have stolen mobile phones in a shop at the computer village Ikeja, Lagos State…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man living abroad is currently homeless and has to sleep in the streets in freezing weather after he was thrown out by his white lover for not cooking. The homeless Nigerian man was found sleeping on a bench in a dirty area of the city by another Nigerian man who…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shoprite Group has announced its unaudited results for the 26 weeks to 27 December 2020 in which sale of merchandise increased by 4.7% to R83.4 billion while its trading profit increased by 18.3% to R4.7 billion. The Group confirms that the terms of sale have been concluded for the disposal of a…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain’s Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, left a London hospital early Tuesday after heart surgery and 28 days’ treatment — his longest-ever stay. Philip — who is due to turn 100 in June — was photographed looking pale and gaunt as he was driven away from the private…
