LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State House of Assembly has cut the pension of former governors of the state by 50 per cent. The decision was taken after the adoption of a report by the House committee on establishment which gave the recommendation, according to a statement on Thursday by the chief press secretary to the…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has suggested the collection of three-month rent by landlords and property owners as against the collection of three years rent which he said made housing unaffordable for Nigerians in urban centres. The minister made this known on Thursday at the weekly State House Briefing…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State. During the raid on Tuesday, the operatives were alleged to have gained entry into the occupants’ rooms by seizing the master cards…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a consignment of 26.150kilograms of heroin with a street value of over N6.5billion at the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. A press statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, sighted…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family members of a beauty make-up artist, Anu Agbalaya, are currently troubled after the lady went to render home service to a client in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State and never returned home. SaharaReporters learnt that Anu, 23, went for the job on July 7 to fix nails for a…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A potential 3rd wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic has hit Lagos. This is according to a statement by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu on Sunday. Governor Sanwoolu while giving an update on the state’s battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, disclosed that from the beginning of July, there has been a…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Southern Governors’ Forum on Monday rejected the proposed 3% share of oil revenue to the host community and supported the five percent share recommended by the House of Representatives in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Read full Communique below COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)Yoruba Nation protesters have shown up at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos despite earlier warning by Lagos State Commissioner of Lagos, CP Odumasu threatening to deal with anyone who protest. The protesters gathered at the Ojota venue in their numbers when the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP…