LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday cautioned the general public against consumption of Puffer Fish. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, gave the warning in a statement in Abuja. Adeyeye explained that the fish might contain the potent and deadly toxins tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said its presidential candidate would reduce the cost of premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol to N87-N90 per litre. In a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, the party said former vice-president Atiku Abubakar had consulted with…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Four suspects, who allegedly stole N1,301,334,108 from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), have been remanded in Kirikiri prisons by an Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos. The suspects and two firms were yesterday arraigned at the court for alleged theft and diversion of N1,301,334,108 from the coffers of the NPF. The defendants,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation (NNPC) yesterday said that the current pump price of N145 of Premium Motor Spirit or Petrol was unrealistic. It said that no marketer would want to import fuel and sell at that cost. That was as the Senate gave the Corporation a two-week ultimatum to furnish it…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, not to join the smear campaign against its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. PDP made this call in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, Thursday evening. Mr Tinubu had on Wednesday said a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Action Peoples Party APP, Imo Ugochinyere, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court for failing to publicly present his WAEC certificate. Also filed as defendants were; the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in copy of the suit…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has sued the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over what it terms the unlawful use of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act 2015 to oppress journalists in the country. The association through its President Austyn Ogannah and General Secretary Daniel Elombah contends that the Act…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Prof. Usman Yusuf, the embattled Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has dragged two ministers and NHIS to a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging his suspension from office. In the suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1220/2018, Yusuf instituted legal action against the Honourable Minister of Health, and Attorney General of the Federation and…