LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel is reportedly threatening to remove GOD TV channel just one week after its launch, claiming it is proselytizing. The Christian network that broadcasts in at least 200 countries, responded in a statement saying, “if we were doing something sneaky, we would not have announced it to the world.” GOD TV began airing the 24/7 Hebrew-language “Shelanu TV”…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered the closure of all markets not selling essential commodities such as medical equipment, water, foodstuff with effect from Thursday. Sanwo-Olu said this in a live press conference on Tuesday. “It is not a total lockdown, we still want people on essential services to…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGRS)-National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal, Bello Bosejo, has asked members of the association to shut down cattle markets across the country. Bodejo said the decision was taken as a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country as he asked members of the association to remain in…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Bars, restaurants, theaters and movie houses in New York and Los Angeles were ordered to shut down and several nations in South and Central America closed their borders in the latest moves around the world to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, in Kano and Jigawa states, is set to shutdown supermarkets and shops found patronising foreign rice and other prohibited items. The agency, in a letter with reference number NCS/KAN/053/S.28 dated 17th February 2020 wrote to all supermarkets and shops in Kano and Jigawa states, directing them to stop…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has shut down Chinese-owned Panda Supermarket in the Jabi area of Abuja as part of measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The FCCPC said in a series of tweets that it had confiscated some frozen food items illegally imported from China. The pictures…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Telephone subscribers were left stranded, while telecommunication companies lost millions of Naira as protesting Ijaw youths shut down telecommunication masts in Bayelsa State. A Task Force of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone, on Monday raided and shut down facilities belonging to telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State following unresolved disputes on…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice-President and 2019 election Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the suspension of the license of Daar Communication Plc, promoter of AIT, RAY POWER FM by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Atiku made the reaction in a series of tweets on his official and…