LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alcoholic beverages will not be sold at the perimeters of the World Cup 2022 stadiums in Qatar, football governing body Fifa said on Friday, in a last-minute policy change. Set to start on Sunday, this year’s World Cup will be the first to be hosted by a Muslim-majority country where consumption of alcohol is strictly regulated. Fifa said in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Normally when the World Cup comes around, Germans happily wave their country’s flag and enthusiastically back their team. Not this time. Anyone walking around Berlin this week will struggle to notice any signs of World Cup fervor. There are no flags, no signs, no public viewing events – no indication that the…
00 LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Sunday at the University of Lagos, after a 100 level student of the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Science, Simon Adokwu, slumped and died while playing football on the premises of the school in Akoka, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Adokwu, after attending church service,…
, Deploys LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move to protect the Independent National Electoral Commission assets ahead of the 2023 election, the Federal Government has deployed the Department of State Services’ personnel, soldiers, civil defence corps operatives as well as Federal Fire Service personnel in INEC offices nationwide. It has also directed the security services…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sacked the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Mohammed Fadah. When contacted, the NYSC spokesman, Eddy Megwa, simply asked our correspondent to wait for an official statement that would be issued on Friday. The Cable, however, quoted sources saying the president’s decision…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A soldier of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Borno ran amok on Thursday and shot a female humanitarian aid worker to death while injuring a UN pilot. The soldier also killed one of his colleagues who tried to disarm him. Reports said he would have taken more lives, but for the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) has considered the Appeals and Petitions of 18 dismissed Police Officers and approved the reinstatement of 10 of them. The Commission also approved the conversion of the dismissal of two officers to retirement and rejected the appeals of six others for lack of merit. The Commission…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has charged parents and other stakeholders to rise up to the challenge of ensuring that illicit substances are kept away from young Nigerians, warning that complacency is capable of compromising the bright future ahead of…
