LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, said the tremor occurred around 12:26 pm affecting the vicinity of Panama Street in Maitama District. Acting Director General of the agency, Dr Abdulrazaq Garba, told a news conference that preliminary findings by the technical team that conducted a spot assessment in the area indicated that the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Although former President Olusegun Obasanjo has distanced himself from the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari, Olujuwon, one of his sons, visited the president at Aso Rock on Thursday. Olujuwon, who had earlier declared support for the reelection of Buhari, held a meeting with the president at his official residence at the…
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…
