LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has announced the cancellation of already issued visas for travelers from 13 countries as part of measures to contain the pandemic Coronavirus. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, briefed State House correspondents at the sidelines of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There seems to be panic everywhere as the Federal Ministry of Health has announced five new cases of Coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to eight. Nigeria gathered that all the five new cases had a travel history to the United Kingdom and the United States. The Minister…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has advised that mass gatherings of any type should be discouraged as the fear of a possible outbreak looms. In an update released by the NCDC on Monday afternoon, the National Epidemic monitoring team is on top of situation in the country as the global transmission…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government says a plan is in motion to provide alternative fuel, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), that would cost between N95 to N97 per litre. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, January 16, 2020. He noted that CNG has…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has rejected plans by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to censor usage of the social media in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had on Tuesday said there was no going back on plans by the administration to regulate activities on social media in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said that he did not subscribe to regulation of the social media by the government. He however cautioned Nigerians against the abuse of social media, noting that it can precipitate war and violent conflict if used to misinform. He specifically warned against using social media platforms to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency has said Nigeria will procure weapons including fighter helicopters from Russia to enhance the Nigeria’s ongoing fight against insurgency, banditry and violence crimes. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this known when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-MTN Nigeria yesterday said it will go ahead to charge its customers for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) voice or text message which allows them access to bank services via their mobile phones. The telecom said it would start charging its subscribers from today, despite a directive by the Federal Government to…