LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to stop flights from countries most affected by the deadly novel coronavirus (Covid-19). An Italian, who arrived Lagos from Milan on Tuesday, tested positive to the virus, health officials said on Friday. In a message of hope also posted on Twitter,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Should ‘A Bill for the Establishment of the National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of Repentant Insurgents in Nigeria and for Other Connected Purposes’, be signed into law, repentant Boko Haram members will be funded to get foreign education. “The agency shall implement programmes geared towards the rehabilitation of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS) – The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the government of Nigeria, has held a meeting with stakeholders to discuss details around Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones in Nigeria. A workshop was held in Abuja from 17 to 18 February to address the categorization and location of the SAPZs, which are meant…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has faulted some state governments and communities for allegedly frustrating projects of the Federal Government in the country. In a statement on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, it warned against creating unnecessary impediments in the allocation of land or…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Ayodele Adewale, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to unfreeze the bank accounts of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola frozen during the military regime of the late military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha. Adewale, who applauded Buhari for the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has described a despicable lie, comments by the Presidency suggesting that he and his party are sabotaging the Buhari-led government. The Presidency through its spokesman, Lai Mohamed, had said that the opposition candidate, and his party were doing everything to sabotage the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Federal Government has ordered all land borders in the country to be shut with effect from 12.00noon Friday to 12.00noon Saturday. Minister of Interior Lt.-Gen. Abdrahman Dambazau (retd), who gave the order, said there would be restriction of movements across the borders during the election days. A statement issued by the…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has directed the military to vacate the premises of Daily Trust offices and the order has been complied with. The government in a statement by Garba Shehu the Official Spokesperson to the President on Sunday night said that issues between the military and the newspaper as they affect the…