LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the reopening of markets on selected days in the state. He spoke during a televised press conference on Wednesday. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, in a series of tweets, said the governor also ordered that schools should remain closed. He tweeted, “Eateries…
By Okioma Amos LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The disparity in the volume of oil spill from Shell’s field at Angiama community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa has cause disagreement amongst parties investigating the incident. Although the March incident has been traced to equipment failure, by corrosion, investigations indicate that the Joint Investigative Visit…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Prime Minister Nuno Nabian of Guinea-Bissau and several other senior officials have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the Lusa news agency reported on Wednesday. Nabian and at least three other members of his government are infected, Lusa quoted Health Minister Antonio Deuna as saying…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media matters, Lauretta Onochie, has reacted to reports that President Muhamadu Buhari appointed a dead person into the board of one the federal government agencies. Report alleged that Chief Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru is one of the member-nominees (Ebonyi State) in Buhari’s letter to…
By Okioma Amos LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A fisherman has caught a huge Hippopotamus yesterday in a fishing camp popularly known as Aku-Gbene Fishing Camp in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The fisherman whose name is Mr Duobo said the Hippopotamus has been disturbing his farm land in the camp for some…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria centre for disease control, NCDC, has stated that coronavirus patients can recover with or without medicine. This statement was made by the DG of the NCDC, Mr Chikwe Ihekweazu on Wednesday during the daily Presidential taskforce briefing on COVID-19. The briefing which was closely monitored by NEWS DIRECT was…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Federal Government says banks will open for commercial operations in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States beginning Monday, May 4. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this in an ongoing update in Abuja monitored by The PUNCH. Aliyu said banks would be allowed…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Pandemonium rocked Edo State earlier today, April 28, as a man surrendered himself to the police after the bag of beans he stole refused to leave his head. It was revealed that the man confessed to stealing the bag of beans to the Police. The men of the police command has…
