Archive for: November, 2019

Nine Prison Officers Implicated In The Alleged $1m Fraud Placed On Suspension

LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has approved the suspension of 3 officers and 6 other ranks of the Nigerian Correctional Service implicated in the alleged internet fraud by an inmate. Mr. Francis Enobore, the Public Relation Officer of NCoS disclosed this in a statement to NAN on […]

Fear Grips Passengers As Abuja Bound British Airways Flight Loses Engine Mid-Air

LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British Airways flight heading to Abuja from London on Tuesday returned to Heathrow Airport after the plane lost one of its engines mid-air. The airline confirmed that BA 083 flight returned to Heathrow and was met by the emergency services as a precaution measure after what it called “a minor technical […]

Police Nabbed 23-Year-Old Woman With 23 ATM Cards Hidden In Her Private Part

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 23-year-old Tanzanian woman suspected of stealing money from bank users after illegally obtaining their ATM cards has been arrested by the police. The suspect identified as Halima Juma was arrested on Tuesday November 16, after a bank teller got quite suspicious after she used different cards of the same bank to withdraw money from one […]

Forty Seven Nigeria Men Charged Of Homosexuality Plead Innocent

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a charge of public displays of affection with members of the same sex, an offence that carries a 10-year jail term. Homosexuality is outlawed in many socially conservative African societies where some religious groups brand it a corrupting Western import. The Nigerian men, who […]

Nigeria Meeting With West African Neighbors On Border Closure Ends In Deadlock

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria met with its West African neighbors on Tuesday over its land border closure, with the African giant insisting on levying duties on goods transiting to its country through neighboring nations to curb smuggling. “Tuesday, there was a meeting between … the comptrollers of customs of all the three countries involved. We […]

EFCC Refutes dropping charges against Diezani

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-During the week, several media outlets reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), dropped all 14 count charges against Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Meanwhile, while reacting on the story, the Economic and Financial crime Commission described the reports as ‘fake’. Spokesperson of the agency, Wilson Uwujaren told […]

Fuel Hike Protesters Burn 731 Banks, 140 Govt Sites, Killed 143 In Iran

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Approximately 731 banks and 140 government sites were torched in recent unrest in Iran, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said in remarks published by the official IRNA news agency on Wednesday. More than 50 bases used by security forces were attacked and approximately 70 gas stations were also burned, he said, without […]

I Am Getting Fed Up Of Begging To Get My Salary, Super Eagles Coach Lament

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles Manager Gernot Rohr has expressed profound concerns regarding how his welfare is being handled by his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), saying he is getting tired of begging to get the payment of his salary The German said he had enjoyed the three year he has spent as national […]

Bayelsa Guber: Jonathan Has More Than Enough Reasons To Work Against PDP-Presidency

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has described as “false and irresponsible” reports that former President Goodluck Jonathan was blackmailed to support the governing party, APC, in recent Bayelsa State elections. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, on Tuesday, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, expressed shock that such a story could […]

Zamfara Assembly Abolishes Law On Jumbo Pay For Ex-Govs, Speakers, Deputies

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zamfara state house of assembly has abolished the law that allows former governors, their deputies, speakers and their deputies to get jumbo pension and other allowances. The development comes one day after a letter Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor wrote to Bello Matawalle, lamenting the non-payment of his monthly N10 million upkeep […]

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