LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 23-year-old scavenger simply identified as Nura was reportedly manhandled by a mob for allegedly stealing a pot of rice at Kango community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident of Kango, Ayuba Iliya, said the incident happened on Tuesday around 11:23am when the scavenger allegedly took away…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s official currency exchange rate is once again widening a gap with the parallel-market rate, shrugging off a brief convergence spurred by central bank actions. The naira closed at 743 per dollar on the platform accepted as the official rate by the central bank on Tuesday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg….
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a protest on Wednesday by some traders selling items on the premises of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Centre’s headquarters in the Ojodu area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the traders, on Wednesday, arrived to open their shops on the premises also housing the Federal Road Safety Corps,…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebonyi State Government has shut the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB), in Abakaliki, over the bank’s inability to pay what is believed to be over N100 million accumulated tax. Task force team from the State Board of Internal Revenue Service stormed the bank in the early hours of July 5th and ordered its…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government says it will seal schools that failed to comply with the stipulated academic calendar in the state. The government said the compilation of the names of schools that failed to comply with the directive of the state’s Ministry of Education that private and public schools should resume on…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police have they did not seal the National Secretariat of All Progressive Congress in Abuja contrary report in the media. The force made it clear that it deployed its operatives as a proactive measure to maintain peace and ensure there was no breakdown of law and order at the party…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, was on Tuesday sealed off by the police to forestall breakdown of law and order following leadership crisis rocking the party. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Police Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DSP. Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the development. Manzah said that the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Enugu state government on Friday sealed – off headquarters premises of the Pastor Lazarus Muoka, led Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement in Enugu, for erecting the structure on waterway. According to the Enugu capital territory Development Authority (ECTDA,) which carried out the sealing exercise, the structure built on waterway have been ravaged by…