LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Twelve of the 127 Osun State indigenes who returned to the state last week have tested positive to coronavirus, with state officials saying the figure is likely to increase as 80 other results are being expected. Seven buses brought the 127 Nigerians from Abidjan, Cote d’voire and they were intercepted by the…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has announced that all markets in states where a lockdown was imposed (Lagos, FCT and Ogun) will be allowed to open between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm daily. The National Co-ordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Aliyu Sani, said this on Wednesday during a briefing by members…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sealed 13 steel factories across the nation for standards infractions. The SON task force on steel Chairman, Mr Enebi Onucheyo disclosed to newsmen on Monday in Lagos. Onucheyo said the companies located in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Abia and Edo States were shut until further notice…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-two Soldiers and seven policemen were among no fewer than 310 Nigerians killed in May following the insecurity in the country, a report by a media tracking group, Nigeria Mourns, has revealed. According to the report released in Abuja on Thursday, Zamfara, Borno and Katsina States topped the list of the States…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In response to the increasing cases of kidnapping and robbery by bandits and suspected Fulani herdsmen in the South-West, traditional rulers from the region have vowed to defend their people and flush the marauders out of the region. The monarchs made the declaration just as governors from the South-West announced plans to…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was anxiety in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital on Wednesday as over 120 destitutes allegedly evacuated from the worshiping center of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), located at the Redemption Camp, along the Lagos – Ibadan expressway were dumped in the ancient Egba city. The destitutes, comprising of couples…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to commemorate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, Christ Gospel Mission International, Abeokuta District 1 Headquarters will on Sunday 23rd of December 2018 hold a Christmas Carol Concert. The theme of the programme is “His Majesty” and ministering will be the Divisional Choir Master, Elder J. O. Ijaola,…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has sealed a $475 million bilateral deal with France President Emmanuel Macron to aid a number of infrastructural projects cutting across three states. The initial beneficiaries will include Lagos, Kano and Ogun states. The agreement was sealed while Buhari played host to Macron in Abuja on Tuesday. Lagos aspect…