LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Controller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’, Mr Yusuf Lawal, on Thursday in Owerri displayed 5,200 live ammunition, 1,215 bags of foreign rice and a bullet proof Toyota Landcruser jeep intercepted during 2020 Yuletide. The controller said during the exhibition that the seizures were made between Nov. 23 and Dec. 27, 2020….
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some hoodlums in Tapa in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Tuesday attacked personnel of Amotekun, burnt their patrol van and destroyed their office in the community. Tribune Online gathered from a reliable source that the Amotekun personnel, who were on the trail of suspected kidnappers in the community…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS0)Russia said Thursday that an “archaic” US electoral system that does not meet democratic standards and the politicisation of the media were to blame for American divisions and unrest in Washington. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump was “an internal US…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) has raised the alarm that 28 containers of export products from Minna, the capital of Niger State have been detained at the ports since September, 2020, and are still languishing away due to unworkable Federal Government import and Export Adjustments policies. In a statement made…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to inform all Electricity Distribution Companies(DISCOs) to revert to tariffs that were applicable in Dec. 2020. Aaron Artimas, Senior Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Power, made this known in a statement in Abuja on…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was drama at Area Court II in Yola, Adamawa State on Wednesday, as the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Sanusi Faruk, scaled the court’s fence to escape detention. The commissioner and two others were charged with criminal conspiracy and breach of trust involving N1.728 million. The two are Markus Yara,…
NIN: NCC Clears Air about Mass Disconnection of Telecom Subscribers LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said that it’s has been drawn to numerous publications in both print and electronic media regarding the unfounded fears of mass disconnection of telephone subscribers as a result of the ongoing linkage of SIM Registration Records with the…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Congress certified President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ victory early on Thursday, the end of a long day and night marked by chaos and violence in Washington, in which extremists emboldened by President Trump sought to thwart the peaceful transfer of power that has been a hallmark of modern American…
