LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In continuation of preventing smuggling around Nigeria borders, the Nigeria Customs Service has suspended supply of petroleum products to gas stations within 20 kilometres to all the border posts Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameed Ali,( rtd), who gave this directive to all commands through Chidi A, the Deputy Comptroller General Enforcement,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bill seeking to regulate social media in the country has passed first reading at the senate. The bill entitled, ‘protection from internet falsehood and manipulations bill, 2019’ is sponsored by Mohammed Sani Musa, senator representing Niger east. The proposed legislation was one of the 11 bills read for the first time…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has decried the continued castigation of Nigerian youth, insisting that what they need most is support and not castigation. Obi was speaking yesterday at the African Economic Congress held at Yar’Adua Centre,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The legal team of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has rejected a possible offer by President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, to stand surety for the detained activist. Suleman had in a tweet on Monday expressed concerns that though Sowore had hurt many people in the past — including Suleman…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Friday refused to answer a question regarding a petition submitted against All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu. Magu, who held a press conference in Abuja, had lamented the high rate of corruption in the country especially among the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socialist Republic of Vietnam yesterday begged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to appeal to the Federal Government to allow its country import rice to Nigeria at discounted rates. It was noted that the Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vuong Dinh Hue, made the appeal in Abuja…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Consequences from the recent alleged siege of the Benin residence of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, seem to be unfolding, as the Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Security, Mr Andrew Momodu, was arrested Sunday night by policemen from Abuja over the incident. Following the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The act of kidnappings have reached an alarming rate at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with the latest abduction of a Police Inspector and two others in the nation’s Federal Capital. The incident happened in Rubochi community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. It was gathered the…