LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has directed the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin, to recuse himself from official duties relating to the institution. Spokesman of the Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, who broke the news in a statement yesterday, said Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe was also directed…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The burial of late Elder Ude Jack Ohakwe, father of Investigative Journalist, Publisher and founder of Pointblanknews.com, Jackson Ude, has been scheduled for September 4, 2020, in his country home, Amurie-Nkporo, in Ohafia Local Government of Abia State. Elder Ohakwe died peacefully in his sleep on March 11, 2020, at the age of 82….
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, has dropped a lawsuit he filed at the National Industrial Court to challenge his sacking by the varsity’s Governing Council. The suit, marked NICN/LA/278/2020, had as defendants: UNILAG; the varsity’s Council; its Senate; Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN); Registrar, Oladejo Azeez; and…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A brake failure has caused a jet to run into a fence at the General Aviation Terminal of the Lagos Airport on Friday. In the latest accident, the King Air Jet was reparking when the driver rammed into the fence, according to an eyewitness. The jet had no passenger on board with…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-On Friday, August 21, the United Nations(UN) said it had gained access to Mali’s ousted president while rebel troops said they had released two other detained leaders, in developments that followed mounting international pressure on the new junta. “Last night, a team from MINUSMA Human Rights went to Kati in the framework…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) rejects out rightly the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 that was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari recently. By implications, he has repealed the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990 (1). The law, to say the least is unacceptable, ungodly, reprehensible and…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt has slammed 10 years imprisonment on 47-year-old, Lois Obazi, a US-based woman for child trafficking. Obazi had in 2018 disguised in a quasi-name, ‘Precious Obasi’ living around Omehia School Road, Igwuruta community in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, at the time of her…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Madagascar has sacked its Minister of Health, Ahmad Ahmad as coronavirus spreads in the country. This is coming a month after Ahmad had a problem with the President for seeking outside help for coronavirus. Madagascar saw COVID-19 cases rise in July despite an official campaign to promote a controversial herbal drink touted…
