LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Crime in South Africa dropped by up to 40% during the first three months of its lockdown, official figures show. The police minister said most types of crimes went down between April and June – including sexual assault and arson. He added that a controversial alcohol ban during the coronavirus lockdown had…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worried over the spate of official Government documents leakages, the Federal Government is seriously considering regulating or placing an outright ban on all civil servants from social media participation. Describing civil servants’ participation on social media as “improper,” the Government in a memo said, social media participation should instead be supportive of…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday re-imposed a night curfew and suspended alcohol sales as coronavirus infections spiked and the health system risked being overwhelmed. Coronavirus infection numbers had in recent days skyrocketed with at least 12,000 infections recorded daily, translating to around 500 infections every hour, severely straining health care…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move it says will check the abuse of private jets in the country and regularize their operations, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has banned the use of private jets for charter flight services. The ban came into effect Monday. THEWILL recalls that private jets, which usually operate on a…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has lifted the ban on interstate travel and also approved the reopening of schools for graduating classes. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, broke the news at the presidential task force briefing on Monday. He said students in primary six, Junior Secondary School 3 and Senior…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the ban imposed by the state government on the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, and tricycles otherwise known as keke. Ogungbeje asked the court to declare that the ban, as issued…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has refused to bar Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor, from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election slated for Thursday. Mr Obaseki was granted a waiver by the PDP recently after he joined the opposition party from the All Progressives…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has called on the federal government to put a halt to the movement of herdsmen from other African countries to the country. He made the call during the commissioning of 25 housing units of RUGA settlement project at Dansoshiya forest, in Kiru local government, hinting…