LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The trial of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans, took a new twist after the suspect and his suspected gang members denied being a kidnapper or ever making any statement to the police confessing to be a serial kidnapper. At the resumed hearing of his trial at the Ikeja…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Government officials and residents said overnight ethnic-based attacks in the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, have killed several people and caused hundreds to flee their homes. “Several lives were lost and properties damaged due to this attack,” head of the Oromia Police Commission, Alemayehu Ejigu, told the state broadcaster ETV on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mrs Kemi Adeosun has left the shores of Nigeria 24 hours after resigning as the Minister of Finance, and moments after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) warned that she may flee from arrest. According to emerging reports, Mrs Adeosun arrived the British capital of London on Saturday, after resigning her office over…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, who resigned her position on Friday on account of forging a certificate of national service risks jail term of up to 14 years. A lawyer, Shuaibu Sule, listed five offences he said the minister is liable for. The offences include forgery, possession of fake document, uttering,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Not less that than 1,500 newly promoted police officers may lose their new ranks as the committee set up to reverse the promotion has discovered massive corruption and irregularities in the process. The officers were promoted a few days before the exit of the Mike Okiro-led board of the Police Service Commission…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Although it just became public on Friday, it is already “a few weeks” since President Muhammadu Buhari decided to let go of Kemi Adeosun as Minister of Finance, SaharaReporters understands. Two sources close to the government told SaharaReporters on Friday that the UK-born Minister had resigned, but it has now emerged that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of Kemi Adeosun as minister of finance. In a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President thanked the minister for her services to the nation and wished her well in her future pursuits. Buhari also approved that the Minister of State Budget and National…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior aide of Kemi Adeosun reportedly claimed the minister has not resigned her appointment. The minister was allegedly at her office and her aides performing their normal duties after the unconfirmed report of her resignation broke The aide, who spoke to the press, said the news of her resignation was an…