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…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the licence of Daar Communications for failure to abide by Nigerian Broadcasting Code. The Director-General of NBC, Malam Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu made this known on Thursday in Abuja. Kawu said over the last two years, NBC summoned the management of the company to address issues regarding…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Government has directed immediate closure of all schools in the state as a precautionary measure to avoid loss of lives in the current flooding in the state. The decision was reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, who…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The third mainland bridge has been temporarily shut down for an investigative maintenance test. The bridge was shut down on Thursday midnight after it was earlier announced by the Lagos State government. Different government agencies and officials were seen on Thursday night waiting for the midnight deadline before the eventual closure of…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than thirty-five primary schools have been shut down in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, as a result of attacks on Tiv communities in the southern senatorial district. Education Secretary of Obi Local Government, Ogashuwa Onuku Samuel, made this known to journalists in his office in Obi, the council…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A sit-at-home protest by Biafran separatists shut down several cities in southeast Nigeria on Wednesday. The Indigeneous People Of Biafra and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra called for the protest on the anniversary of the day the Biafra Republic declared secession from Nigeria in 1967. Streets were empty…
LAGOS AMY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Internal Revenue Service (OIRS) has shut down the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, for its failure to remit over N1.844,770,939.45 to the agency. The institution was shut by officials of the Revenue Task Force who arrived the campus at about 7:00 on Wednesday morning. The team, led by one Mr…
