LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The United Arab Emirates has denied approving $10k bank balance, and N640k fee requirements for Nigerians applying for visas into the country, reports The Cable. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced on Monday, that the UAE authorities agreed to vacate travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians. Idris further revealed…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Thursday denied reports that the Federal Government was proposing N105,000 as the new minimum wage. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the report as false. The report followed the presentation of the cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage to…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has no plans to move the country’s capital from Abuja to Lagos, his office says. The presidency blamed political opponents for such rumours, saying “there is no iota of truth” in them. The speculation began before Mr Tinubu, who once served as governor of Lagos, took power last…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran Nollywood actress, Ngozi Ezeonu has debunked reports that she is dead. The actress in a video on her Instagram page, said she is “alive and healthy”. She was reacting to reports on social media that said she had passed on. According to her, her previous post in which she posted a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Gaza, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned that nowhere is safe in the territory and that Israel’s offensive creates “massive obstacles” to distribution of humanitarian aid….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry (MFM) has debunked media reports that an elderly female worshipper, name not known, had slumped and died during a programme at the Prayer City, a religious arena owned by the church. Speaking in a statement, Brother Collins Edomaruse, media aide to the General Overseer (worldwide)…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has condemned an online report attributed to its Head of Public Affairs that there would be a national blackout on account of the ongoing nationwide labour strike, describing the report as false and totally misleading. In a statement by its management on Tuesday, the company also…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has debunked the claim by the Lagos State Police Command that it had not responded to an inquiry sent to it on the deceased singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. The Lagos State Police Command had told a news conference on Friday that the NDLEA had yet…