LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have reported a ‘volcanic eruption-like incident’ with some inflammable substances emitting smoke from the cliff of the hills in the area. A Federal Government delegation comprising the Minister of Solid Mineral Abubakar Bawa Bwari and his FCT counterpart Muhammad Musa Bello…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ibadan Zone, Dr Ade Adejumo, on Tuesday alleged that the Federal Government was making attempt to make students of federal universities pay a minimum of N350,000 for tuition fee. Adejumo said this while addressing members of the Correspondents Chapel, Ibadan. He said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by paramedics to revive the life of a yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man who jumped into Lagos lagoon has failed. The man was reported to have jumped into Lagos lagoon in the early hours of Tuesday. It was learnt that the man was rescued by some fishermen and officials of the Lagos State…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom through its national public health institute, Public Health England(PHE) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to strengthen health security in Nigeria. The IHR strengthening programme in Nigeria is part of a £16 million project funded by the UK Department of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate president of Nigeria and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bukola Saraki, has explained the reason he was absent at the Independence Day Parade in Abuja. Saraki, in a statement released by his special adviser to Saraki on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said he…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The nation’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.457bn in September, the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria showed on Monday. The external reserves, which stood at $45.838bn at the end of August, declined to $44.380bn on September 27, 2018. Figures from the CBN had earlier revealed that the reserves, which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing the Bayelsa East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has voluntarily withdrawn from the race for the Bayelsa East Senatorial District. Bruce announced his withdrawal from the Senatorial contest in a letter dated October 2, 2018, addressed to the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara are conspicuously absent at the Eagle Square , venue of the 58 independence anniversary. President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and other prominent personalities are presently witnessing the anniversary. The duo of Saraki and Dogara…