LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several schools across the United Kingdom have been forced to shut down for a second consecutive day following a snow and ice chaos. Thousands of classrooms were reportedly closed Monday as an Arctic freeze engulfed Britain, according to a reports, Pupils were set to work remotely owing to the closure. Hundreds of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages management committee, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo, and other supporters of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, have defied the heavy rain to hold their five-million-man rally in Lagos State on Sunday. The march commenced with a mammoth crowd at…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, “Obidient Movement” on Saturday embarked on a 2-million-man march that grounded Enugu State capital. The unprecedented and intimidating crowd that marched from Okpara square round the major street in Enugu kept increasing as they march and shutdown the coal city. The growing…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-English football chiefs have been criticised for postponing all matches this weekend following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, with the decision labelled a “missed opportunity” to pay tribute to the nation’s longest-serving monarch. After the Queen died aged 96 on Thursday, the Premier League opted to cancel this weekend’s fixtures in…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministry Wednesday ordered one of its pastors at Okija, Anambra State, to shut down what it called illegal facility being operated by the pastor as a deliverance outfit. The church, in a statement by its Director of Administration, Temitope Akintayo Olawale, said, “Although the alleged pastor is…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the intervention of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the revocation of the operating licenses of 52 broadcast stations owing various sums in licensing fees. The NBC has now given the affected stations up to 6PM on Tuesday, August 23, to pay…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSTANGERS)-The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chris Isiguzo has faulted the decision of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, revoking licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide over indebtedness. In a statement issued on Friday, Isiguzo says the decision by the industry regulator, to revoke the licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal Ministry of Education has directed closure of Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) located in FCT and ordered immediate evacuation of students. It was gathered that the decision was as a result of rising insecurity and threat to the lives, security and wellbeing of the students therein. While some schools were asked to…