LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWRANGERS) – Nigeria will extend lockdowns in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states for an additional 14 days to combat the new coronavirus, President Muhammadu Buhari said in an address to the nation on Monday that acknowledged the sacrifices of the country’s poor Initial 14-day lockdowns in the three areas began on March…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a fire outbreak on Wednesday at the Treasury House, which is the headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. The cause of the fire, which started about 10 am, is yet to be known. The PUNCH gathered that as soon as the incident started, men of the…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 20 million Nigerians on Monday went into lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a two-week “cessation of all movements” in key cities to ward off an explosion of cases in Africa’s…
LAGOS MARCH16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Court of Appeal in Abuja has suspended hearing of the appeal filed by the suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, after scheduling hearing for today. The embattled politician is in court to upturn the ruling of the FCT High Court which approved his suspension by…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has denied reports that he was sacked from office on allegations of corrupt practices. Dakuku who held a closed door meeting with the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo in Abuja, last Friday, said the non- renewal of…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Abuja has intercepted a Volkswagen golf car laden with a cache of arms and ammunition, while in transit, for supply to bandits operating in the neighbouring States The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Command, Bala Corona, disclosed this, in…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) met Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja without Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the suspended National Chairman. The meeting, which was held to prepare for the party’s March 17, 2020 emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, was presided over by…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives have unsealed the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and allowed the Deputy National Secretary of the party, Mr. Victor Giadom, who is the highest ranking official, effectively take control of affairs of the party. Security operatives had a list containing names of party officials, staffers and…