LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said that the continued closure of the country’s land borders is unsustainable as many genuine businesses are suffering, and some are at the verge of shutting down. The Director- General, MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, said this on Tuesday at a ‘Stakeholders forum on impact of border closure…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Assistant Director attached to the State House, Abuja, Laetitia Dagan, has been killed by yet-to-be identified assailants. Dagan was said to have been killed in her apartment in Galadimawa, Abuja, on Monday shortly after she returned from work. The 47-year-old Plateau State indigene was said to have left her office in…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major war is brewing between the political camp of sacked Governor elect of Bayelsa state, Mr David Lyon and his Political godfather and Minister of state, Petroleum, Mr Timipre Sylva, over a cash gift of over $20 million from oil companies and billionaire businessman Sir Emeka Offor for the Bayelsa governorship…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States (US) government has given Nigerian government conditions under which the recent visa policy, affecting six countries, Nigeria inclusive, could be reviewed. Mrs. Mary-Beth Leonard, the U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, gave the conditions during a familiarisation visit to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, on Tuesday in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The entire Ayetoro people in Ogbagi Akoko,Ondo State are now mourning over the death of a widow who was late Sunday beheaded and other vital organs taken away by her killers. Her headless body was discovered in a pool of blood with fire placed on her cut out chest. Information at our…
LAGOS FEBRUAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tony Iwelu, the Chief Security Officer of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi is dead. It is unclear how Iwelu died but sources close to the Minister said the DSS Officer died of electrocution at his hotel room in Kaduna. This comes hours after reports of the attack on Amaechi on the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Afrobeat legend, Femi Kuti, and his band, The Positive Force, are billed to perform at the 2020 Toronto Jazz Festival. The 57-year-old will be performing on June 23, 2020 at The Opera House. “Toronto, catch me at the @TorontoJazzFest this summer, performing June 23 at @OperaHouseToronto. Tickets on sale now!” he wrote…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of Emeka Ihedioha’s application seeking the review of the January 14, 2020 judgment which sacked him as Imo State governor and installed Hope Uzodinma as his replacement. The seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad,…
