LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Okada Riders Association in Ekiti State has cautioned its members to ply only safe areas and close work by 10:00 p.m. daily in the face of deadly attacks on its members. During a meeting convened at the Fajuyi Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, Mr Kunle Asaolu, the chairman of the association in Ekiti…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military has sent reinforcements to calm tensions in a troubled northern central state, where local officials say at least 300 people have been killed in three months of inter-communal violence. Plateau State has been struggling since May with a surge in clashes and raids between communities of Muslim nomadic herders and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has suggested the collection of three-month rent by landlords and property owners as against the collection of three years rent which he said made housing unaffordable for Nigerians in urban centres. The minister made this known on Thursday at the weekly State House Briefing…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by three months. Mr Adamu was due to retire from the police last Monday having spent the maximum 35 years in service. The extension to his tenure was announced on Thursday by the Minister of…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The government has announced a number of relief packages to ameliorate the hardship brought onto Ghanaians as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta announced the packages in Accra yesterday when the presented the 2020 mid-year fiscal policy review to Parliament. According to the minister,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Refineries under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation stayed dormant for three consecutive months as they processed no drop of crude oil, latest report on the operations of the facilities has shown. An analysis of the consolidated operations of the refineries showed that the plants were dormant in July, August…