LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressive Congress (APC) has suspended the former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the former member of the President Buhari campaign Council, Engr.Preye Aganaba and eleven other chieftains of the party over alleged anti-party activities. Other chieftains of the Party suspended include the State Deputy…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The management of ThisDay Newspapers Limited has suspended indefinitely two of its deputy editors over a false report about the United States’ embassy denying visa to the founder of Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo. The report published last Friday claimed that Oyedepo created a scene at the embassy after being denied visa…
LAGOS JANUARY31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian Airlines on Thursday suspended all flights to China, where an outbreak of coronavirus has killed at least 170 people, according to the airline’s passenger call centre. The airline, Africa’s most profitable, is the main gateway between China and Africa and suspension of its service is expected to significantly disrupt air travel. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The hearing of the appeals of Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano States, including four other governors was suspended by the Supreme Court on Monday. Other governors, whose appeals were affected are Emeka Ihedioha (Imo), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Simon Lalong (Plateau), and Samuel Ortom (Benue). Before the apex…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGRS) – Online retailer Jumia Technologies said on Monday it had suspended its e-commerce platform activities in Cameroon because they were “not suitable” for the African state. Dubbed “the Amazon of Africa”, the company founded in 2012 by two French former McKinsey consultants has grown quickly to become the continent’s leading e-commerce…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has suspended the planned Ruga Programme. An aide in the presidency confirmed this to Channels Television. The source, however, says the Governors Forum will be speaking on the matter soon. Meanwhile, the National Executive Committee (NEC) on the farmers-herders crisis has confirmed the suspension of the Ruga program by…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has suspended 12 local government chairmen for their alleged refusal to attend official state functions. A statement signed by the governor’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, indicated that the suspension took immediate effect. Those affected are chairmen of Okrika, Emohua, Abua/Odual, Degema, Khana, Gokana, Ahoada…