LAGOS FEBRUAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio was denied entry into the United State (US) as the embassy in Nigeria refused to grant him visa. Akpabio’s visa application was turned down because the President Donald Trump administration is in possession of petitions filed against the minister for series of murders, corruption and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of Charles Dokubo, coordinator of the presidential amnesty programme. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. Adesina said the suspension is in line with the recommendation of a caretaker committee set up to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Centre for Disease Control in the United States has advised men to shave their beards and facial hair in an effort to combat Coronairus CDC warned that facial hair can interfere with face masks and respirators, which are being used across the world to combat the global spread of coronavirus The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Borno and Yobe elders has exposed another helicopter sighted supplying arms and food for Boko Haram insurgents. Speaking under the aegis of Borno, Yobe People’s Forum, the elders also asked those in authorities to tell Nigerians those who authorised the withdrawal of security personnel from the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, few…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to stop flights from countries most affected by the deadly novel coronavirus (Covid-19). An Italian, who arrived Lagos from Milan on Tuesday, tested positive to the virus, health officials said on Friday. In a message of hope also posted on Twitter,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italian-Nigerian footballer, King Udoh, has tested positive to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Udoh plays professional football with Pianese, an Italian Serie C side. The 22-year-old has been isolated after being diagnosed with the disease on Thursday. Udoh began his career with Reggiana before moving to Juventus in 2011 where he was loaned…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Should ‘A Bill for the Establishment of the National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of Repentant Insurgents in Nigeria and for Other Connected Purposes’, be signed into law, repentant Boko Haram members will be funded to get foreign education. “The agency shall implement programmes geared towards the rehabilitation of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar has become infected with the coronavirus, state news in Tehran reported Thursday, adding to the already mounting concern in the country as the virus continues to spread. Ebtekhar, who advises President Hassan Rouhani on family and women’s matters, was placed under quarantine. Iran has struggled to contain…
