LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibim Semenitari, has said she was sexually harassed by a male lecturer while she was doing her undergraduate programme in a Nigerian university. Mrs Semenitari’s revelation followed the trending #SexForGrades conversation among Nigerians, prompted by a BBC undercover investigative report…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off in Senegal on Tuesday because an engine had caught fire, an airport spokesman said. None of the 90 passengers or crew were injured, spokesman Tidiane Tamba told Reuters. The airline confirmed on Twitter that its Boeing 767…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An $875 million (716.7 million pounds) Nigerian government lawsuit against U.S. bank JPMorgan is clear to move forward after a London-based appeals court on Tuesday rejected the bank’s bid to have the case dismissed. The bank had asked the court to quash the Nigerian government’s case, arguing that it had no prospect…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first joint session of the National Assembly is underway for the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. President Muhammau Buhari has arrived the National Assembly Complex. Welcome to our live update. 14:55pm: President Buhari says the goal is for the 2020 Appropriation Act to come into effect on January 1, 2020….
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Board of Inquiry set up by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, put together at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari has recommended sanctions for five personnel of the Nigerian Army and the police over the killing of three policemen and one civilian in Ibi, Taraba State, on August 6. The board, in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kiki Mordi, the BBC journalist who went undercover to expose university lecturers guilty of sex for grades, has started receiving death threats from people angry about the exposé. Kiki, who said she was herself a victim of sexual harassment in the university and didn’t graduate, said on Monday that the project was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Police Command has said that a notorious gang leader in the state has been killed. According to the Command, the Bori Police Station led by the DPO, in a coordinated operation trailed one Linus Lebari ‘m’ 35yrs AKA ‘BOBBY’ also known as “DEVIL” from Tekon Sogho in Khana LGA…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The second edition of the Africa Investment Forum, a game-changer to tilt capital flow into the continent, will take place from 11-13 November 2019 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The forum, organized by the African Development Bank and its partners, is the largest multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary marketplace aimed…