Archive for: June, 2018

EFCC Partners FBI In Tackling Menace Of Yahoo Boys

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said that the trends in global security revealed that cyber crimes are the latest form of terrorism and corruption affecting all nations in the 21st century. Magu, who spoke through the commission’s director of operations, Mohammed Abbah, said the […]

Revenge: Iraq Executes 12 ISIL Terrorists On Death Row

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iraq has executed a dozen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) on death row, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office said on Friday, after he vowed a swift response to the armed group’s killing of eight captives. The executions were carried out on Thursday, […]

Bayelsa Welcomes Irish Ambassador, To Sign Multi-Million Dollar Gas Plant Project With Shell

By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Government is to sign a Global Memorandum of Understanding with Shell Petroleum Development Company, (SPDC) on the Gbarain/Ubie Gas plant, a multi-million dollar project, which is the largest investment in Africa. Speaking while receiving the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy in Government House, Yenagoa, the […]

Ali Baba Traces Cause Of Otedola Bridge Tanker Explosion To Lawlessness

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran comedian, Alleluya Akpobome, better known as Ali Baba, has reacted to the tanker fire at popular Otedola Bridge in Lagos, which claimed many lives. In a sober post on his Instagram page, Ali Baba highlighted the inefficiencies and weaknesses of the Nigerian society, which caused the fatal oil tanker explosion. He […]

Lagos Tanker Explosion Survivor Narrates Cause Of Incident

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A survivor of the Lagos tanker explosion has narrated what led to the fire accident that happened at Otedola Bridge, which resulted in the death of nine people and destruction of 54 vehicles. The man whose identity was not disclosed, speaking to newsmen at the scene of the accident, said the tanker […]

APC Chieftain, Johnny Warns Against Diversion Of Meritime Varsity Dockyard

LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A prominent ljaw leader and chieftain of All Progressives Congress APC in Delta State, Chief Michael Johnny has warned that any attempt to divert the Dockyard, a component of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, to Lagos or Rivers State will cause fresh crisis in Niger Delta region. Johnny, in […]

World Bank LendS $2.1bn To Nigeria

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has granted Nigeria a $2.1billion loan to be used exclusively for seven projects. The development bank in a statement Thursday said the projects cut across supporting Nigeria’s investment in nutrition, access to electricity, states’ fiscal transparency, polio eradication, women’s economic empowerment, public finance and national statistics and reducing vulnerability […]

JUST IN: Scores Dead, 40 Vehicles Burnt In Lagos Tanker Explosion

LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of people were reported to have roasted to death as result of a fuel-laden tanker that exploded along the Otedola Bridge axis of Berger in Lagos with the blaze engulfing at least forty other vehicles. The tanker was heading out of Lagos towards the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the crash occurred, causing […]

Cross River Rice Seedling Factory Commences Full Production After Buhari’s Inauguration

LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has disclosed that in line with his avowed committement to make Cross River state the rice hub of Africa, the Cross River Seedling Factory has gone into full production barely 24 hours after it was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. This follows the receipt of […]

Brother Narrates How Ex-Globacom Director Was Murdered In His Hotel

LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Executive Director, Sales and Marketing of Globacom, Okon Iyanam, was Wednesday night murdered in his hotel in Mowe, Ogun State by unknown gunmen. He was specifically identified by the gunmen and shot pointblank in the neck region. He died instantly. Below is how the killers gunned down a high flyer […]

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