LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-United Kingdom has warned its national to stay clear of some states in Nigeria. Besides, UK has temporarily withdrawn a small number of its staff and dependents at its Mission in both Abuja and Lagos. The UK Foreign Office attributed the insecurity situation in the country for the action. The travel advisory…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Apapa Area Command of Lagos State have intercepted a 40-foot container laden with drugs suspected to be Tramadol and codeine. The container was intercepted on water and taken to a bonded terminal in Apapa. A team of officers from Customs and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) joined…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday approved a new working hour for civil servants across the country. According to the Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, federal workers on grade level 12 and above would now resume full work hours from 8 am to 4 pm, while the…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed 21 villagers in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, police said Friday, in the latest deadly violence between ethnic Fulani herders and local farmers over grazing and water rights. Community leaders however said a higher total of 33 people were killed in the assaults on the remote five villages which took…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will suspend the Edo and Ondo governorship election process if the actions of political actors led to a breakdown of law and order. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, announced this on Thursday in Abuja after a…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would seek re-election in October, formally accepting the ruling party’s nomination to be its candidate and defying opponents who say the constitution forbids a third term. Ouattara, who has governed since 2011, said in March he would not run again. But his…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former senior Saudi intelligence official said in a US lawsuit Thursday that the country’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tried to have him assassinated in 2018, just weeks after dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in Turkey. Saad Aljabri said Prince Mohammed sent a “hit squad” to Canada, where he lives…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian musician Azeez Fashola, better known by his stage name Naira Marley, has admitted he broke coronavirus lockdown rules when he travelled to the capital, Abuja, for a concert. That event was in June when all non-essential travel was banned to prevent the spread of the virus. The musician was arrested on…
