LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has hinted that it will review the lockdown situation in the state after seven days. Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu disclosed this on Wednesday during a virtual meeting with 28 MD/CEOs in the state under the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA). The Lagos lockdown was extended for 14 days on…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERANGERS)-Cross River state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade on Wednesday declared that automatic employment be given to 8000 youths between the ages of 18 to 35 years in the state starting from Tuesday next week. Ayade made the declaration at CROSPIL in Calabar on Wednesday while distributing stimulus package to vulnerables as well…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor of Kenya’s capital Nairobi has distributed bottles of cognac to the poor, saying it protects against the new coronavirus, though the drink maker and national government chided him for propagating a myth. Cognac is a specific type of brandy, an alcoholic beverage produced from distilled white wine. Mike Mbuvi Sonko,…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday said the test results of 90 persons who showed symptoms of the dreaded COVID-19 disease have come out negative. The FCTA made the announcement in a tweet on its Twitter handle on Thursday. The 90 persons, according to the FCTA were from the Mpape…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate Court in Abuja has jailed a man for stripping naked to protest the impounding of his vehicle/arrest for violating a lockdown order in Abuja. Emmanuel Imhoudu, in a viral video on social media, protested the seizure of his car by the FCT COVID-19 Enforcement Team by stripping naked and screaming….
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Odighi, a town in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State are presently living in fear following the alleged beheading of two people by suspected herdsmen on their way from the farm. The residents of the agrarian community expressed sadness over the incessant attacks on members of the…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has advised residents not to panic over rumours being spread about a gang of criminals popularly called ‘One Million Boys’ in Lagos State, The PUNCH reports. Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday night, Deputy Inspector General in charge of South-West region, Babatunde Ogunyanwo, said though there have been…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police has disclosed how the killers of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Pro-Yoruba group, Afenifere were arrested. They equally released a photograph of the men responsible for the murder. The police in a statement said, “Police Operatives have arrested the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter…
