LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some travelers and commuters were on Thursday, forced to walk long distances to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to catch their flights, following restriction of movement around the airport vicinity by security operatives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the movement restriction around the airport is due to the visit…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday began his two-day official visit to Lagos State with the unveiling of ultra-modern Ikeja Bus Terminal designed to redefine public transportation in line with the Bus Reform Initiative of the State Government. The President, accompanied to the facility by the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode and other…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, his Deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday took turns to eulogise the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he clocked 66. Speaking at the 10th Bola Ahmed Tinubu Colloquium, organised to commemorate the former…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Christians in the country to imbibe the virtues of Jesus Christ in their day-to-day life. In his Easter message to Christians, President Buhari called on Nigerians to “use the opportunity of this special season (Easter) to deeply reflect on how every one of us can imbibe the…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the much publicised event of Tuesday, March 27, where President Muhammadu Buhari was given an award in Abuja by visitors purportedly from the family of late African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., The King Centre has issued a statement denying that the award was issued by them…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fuel prices are heading for an increase as the National Assembly on Wednesday passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) with 5 percent levy on fuel sold across the country. According to the lawmakers, the levy will be used to fund the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) as reflected in the new bill….
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The secretariat of Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association was invaded on Wednesday by security men made up police and men of the Department of State Security, DSS. The invasion which was carried out against the backdrop of the NBA’s plan to lead a protest against the new tax regime in…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ayodele Fayose has approved N253.6 million for 2017/2018 bursary and scholarship awards to qualified students in Ekiti State. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Jide Egunjobi, who made this known in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti yesterday, explained that 15 physically challenged students will get N60,000 as scholarship, 198…