LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) has accused Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu of hijacking the on-going recruitment of constables. The allegation, which betrays the power tussle between the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and its supervising parastatal, is contained in an interview which PSC Commissioner, Austin Braimoh, granted The PUNCH. Braimoh…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s leading energy giant, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), has deployed state-of-the-art high definition cameras for quick detection of and response to crude oil spills from its facilities. The cameras will also help in tracking vandalism of SPDC joint venture assets. SPDC’s General Manager, Igo Weli, disclosed this…
LAGOS SEPTMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Monday, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria and the American Business Council, in partnership with the Government of Nigeria and members of the private sector, launched a two-day Intellectual Property (IP) Symposium on the theme “The Bane of Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals and Piracy.” The symposium brought together a broad range of stakeholders including…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The remains of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, who died on September 6, arrived in his home village on Monday for a subdued farewell at a dusty sports field after a weekend state funeral with African leaders in the capital. Mugabe, who died aged 95 on a medical trip to Singapore,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-MultiChoice recently reduced the price of DStv in various African countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique. MultiChoice said the monthly DStv subscription fees were reduced to make the service more competitive against streaming services. The price cuts, however, were not the same in all countries, as each country has different cost…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aishat Ardo, one of the residents of Abuja who was kidnapped on Saturday, has been freed after a ransom was paid by her father. According to TheCable, the Abuja resident was released by her abductors on Sunday night after her father paid $15,000 in bitcoin. It was learned that the Abuja resident…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten-year-old Abdul stood on a dirt road in a village tucked between millet fields and pulled up his shirt. A fresh scar stretched lengthwise down his stomach — the result of a suicide bombing by Boko Haram in June that sent shrapnel tearing through his belly. A half dozen other boys crowded…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has finally released the cut-off marks for the 2019/2020 admission exercise into various courses with Medicine and Surgery recording the highest marks. The cut off marks will end weeks of anxiety among candidates that picked UNILAG as the first choice and participated in the Post-UTME…