LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leaders and stakeholders from oil and gas producing communities in Niger Delta region, have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to release the N100billion approved for the reconstruction and completion of the East West road project, being handled by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. This demand was made known in a…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A medical doctor in Lagos, Dr. Emeka Chugbo, has become the first health worker in Nigeria to die of COVID-19 after he contracted the virus from a patient he was treating. The doctor, who died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Wednesday after being rushed to the facility Monday, was said…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Mr. Peter Obi, has mourned the death of Chief Victor Ikwuemesi, the Chairman of the defunct Sosoliso Airlines. In a statement made available by Obi’s Media Office on Wednesday and signed by his Media Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem,…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of protesters on foot and in vehicles converged Wednesday on Michigan’s capital to rally against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders in the state. “Operation Gridlock,” organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition, created a huge bumper-to-bumper traffic jam around the Michigan Capitol Building in Lansing, Fox 2 Detroit reported. Meshawn Maddock, an…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday said he was still under isolation for testing positive to COVID-19 and is yet to be cleared of the disease. El-Rufai, who also chaired a virtual meeting of the State Executive Council for the first time since he was diagnosed, said he…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With reports reaching us, a gang of armed robbers known as One Million Boys have threatened to attack neighbourhoods in Lagos as revealed in a letter they sent. The letter which shows a description of a gun and a knife warns residents of Ogba and environs to beware and comply with their…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu has ordered both the Lagos State traffic management agency (LASTMA) and Vehicle Inspector Officials(VIO) to release all impounded vehicles in their custody with minor offence from March 1. He made this known via a statement on his official Twitter handle where he noted that this will reduce…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed with condoms and disposable thermometers, the outreach workers ventured out to streets in South Los Angeles notorious for sex trade activity. They expected that some women would still be working on this chilly Friday night in early April. But what they saw caught them off guard. Two weeks into the mandated…
