LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Take It Back Movement, one of the key organizers of the EndBadGovernance nationwide protest, has scheduled Saturday for a one-million-man protest in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja. Mr Sanyaolu Juwon, National Coordinator of the movement, stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials rushed to prepare polling stations Friday, on the eve of Nigeria’s crucial election, amid new concerns of vote buying after police said one lawmaker was arrested with nearly $500,000 in cash and a distribution list. In the southeast, fears that separatists may target polling stations prompted election workers in parts of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In Nigeria last year, 20 million children did not go to school, the currency hit an all-time low, half of adults were under or unemployed, oil production — the lifeblood of the economy — fell to a 40-year low, and gangs of heavily armed bandits had free reign over large swathes of…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Ramadan 2022 starting date has been announced following the sighting of the Ramadan moon. The home to Islam’s holiest sites, Saudi Arabia, announced it would start the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Saturday. “Tomorrow, Saturday will be the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan,” the kingdom said Friday, in…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has announced restriction of movement across the State between the hours of 8a.m and 3p.m on Saturday, 24th July, 2021. This was contained in a press statement by the Commissioner of Information, Gbenga Omotoso, on Thursday. Part of the statement read, “The restriction is to enable the Lagos…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo are expected to receive their COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib, made this known at the second edition of State House weekly briefing. The briefing focused on the arrival of the COVID-19…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said. Indonesian Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said the Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta at about 1:56 p.m. and lost contact with the control…