LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will suspend the Edo and Ondo governorship election process if the actions of political actors led to a breakdown of law and order. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, announced this on Thursday in Abuja after a…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity from July 1st, 2020 and succeeded in convincing the distribution companies to differ the plan till the first quarter of 2021. This was contained in a statement issued late Tuesday by the Special Adviser to…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled to take in Edo state has suffered a set back as a Federal High Court in Benin, Edo state on Monday granted an order restraining the party and its national chairman from conducting the exercise. The court ordered the party and…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halted a coronavirus testing program promoted by billionaire Bill Gates and Seattle health officials pending reviews. The program sought to send test kits to the homes of people both healthy and sick to try to bring the country to the level of testing officials say is…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the House of Representaives have called on the Federal Government halt flight from UK,Spain, Italy,China, South Korea where there are high cases of dreaded coronavirus. The lawmakers made the resolution on Tuesday while adopting a motion of urgent national importance by Onofiok Luke(Akwa-Ibom, PDP). They also resolved that only Nigerian…
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 JANUARY 31ST(NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos on Thursday ordered the military to halt forced evictions of coastal communities after thousands of people were removed from their homes. Navy personnel last week shot in the air and bulldozed houses as they cleared a community of some 10,000 people living on an island in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has appealed to members of Nigeria Senate to halt further deliberation on the hate speech Bill for the interest of generality of people and peaceful co-existence of the Nation.. Onuesoke who condemned the hate speech Bill while addressing newsmen by the sideline at the…