LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar said the hardship in Nigeria is getting out of control and that the distribution of palliatives is not the way out but sustainable action to end the people’s suffering. The former Nigerian leader spoke at his residence in uphill Minna when he received the leadership…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than two female students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have reportedly died following a stampede that occurred at the university’s convocation square on Friday. The convocation square was the venue for the distribution of palliatives to the students by the Nasarawa State government. A source within the university told PUNCH…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums have hijacked trucks loaded with bags of 10kg of rice meant to be delivered to yet-to-be-ascertained communities as their shares of palliative to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. It was gathered that the incident occurred at around 6:30 p.m. along the Oja-Oba/Idi-Ape/Isale-Oja axis of Ilorin, East, and West local…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has asked the Federal Government to introduce a social support programme to alleviate the huge losses of livestock for herdsmen across the country. In a communique jointly signed by the association’s President, Muhammad Kiruwa and National Secretary, Baba Othman Ngelzarma and released after a one-day national executive meeting…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERANGERS)-Cross River state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade on Wednesday declared that automatic employment be given to 8000 youths between the ages of 18 to 35 years in the state starting from Tuesday next week. Ayade made the declaration at CROSPIL in Calabar on Wednesday while distributing stimulus package to vulnerables as well…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governors of the 19 states in the North under the aegis of the Northern States Governors’ Forum have said they would not be shutting down the region despite the spread of the Coronavirus Disease in the country. The Governors made their position known in a statement after their meeting on Monday. A…