LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US Department of the Treasury has called on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to carry out an independent probe into alleged ethics breaches by its president, Akinwumi Adesina. In a letter obtained by AFP on Monday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed “deep reservations” about the outcome of an internal inquiry…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obi Okeke AKA Invictusobi has confessed to committing all the fruad allegations brought against him by the Federal Bureau for Inivestigation (FBI) in the USA. The celebrity motivational speaker who was listed on Forbes as one of the young people to look up to in Africa made the confession in exchange for…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wave of apprehension is sweeping through Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as President Muhammadu Buhari begins a probe into the office of the late Chief of Staff Abba Kyari. The investigation may lead to all appointments and approvals made by Kyari without Buhari’s permission being cancelled. This is as pundits said…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United have hit a brick wall in their attempts to extend Odion Ighalo’s loan deal with just a week to go before it runs out. Shanghai Shenhua have rejected United’s requests to keep Ighalo at Old Trafford for another three months and are demanding that the Nigerian striker rejoins them to…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) has mourned the death of the Saturday Editor, the New Telegraph newspaper, Mr. Abdulwaheed Bakare. Late Bakare, it was learnt, died Sunday after a brief illness. MMPN National President, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in a statement issued late Sunday condoled with Mr. Bakare’s immediate family, describing the…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has announced partial closure of the Marine Beach Bridge by Total Gas, inwards Apapa for five months to pave way for emergency repair works. The closure takes effect from Wednesday May 27 to Wednesday October 21. Commissioner for Transportation Dr Frederic Oladeinde who made this known on Sunday,…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of local and international anti-corruption movements have alerted Nigerians on what appears an orchestrated plot to thwart corruption charges against oil giants associated with OPL 245 scam in which the country was swindled through a cobweb of criminal gangs. In a statement on Sunday, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Courtroom 317 of the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday to become the first serving Israeli premier to stand trial, sitting on the defendant’s bench and answering “yes” to confirm he had read the corruption charges in the three cases against him. The prime minister will be allowed…