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…
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 JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 40 bakeries have closed shop in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over cost of production and multiple taxation and hike in electricity tariff, among others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the bakeries visited were not opened for business due to operational cost and multiple…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Airline Operators of Nigeria has announced the shutdown of its operations from Monday due to the steady increase in the cost of aviation fuel. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the airline operators had threatened to shut down their operations in March arguing that they had only three days of fuel…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The leadership of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has threatened to shut down all the nation’s seaports by March, 2022 MWUN has also issued a 14-day strike notice to the Federal Government over the alleged refusal of International Oil Companies (IOCs) to allow Stevedoring Companies and dockworkers access to their platforms…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, didn’t shut down satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squads in the country, acting Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, has said. Adejobi made this clarification in a telephone chat with The PUNCH on Tuesday while reacting to reports (not by The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has shut down his Abuja club, Hustle & Bustle, over the death of one of his clients. The Anambra-born club owner made this known in an Instagram post on Monday. It was gathered that the clubber died over the weekend but the circumstances of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commercial banks in Ijebu – Ode, Ogun State have closed operations for the fear of being attacked by armed robbers. Daily Trust gathered that banks have closed shops against customers since Monday following letters allegedly sent to some of them by the suspected robbers. The development, which has left some residents and…
