LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely a week after helping to repatriate $311m (N118bn) stolen by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, the United States says there is a separate $319m (N121bn) Abacha loot in the United Kingdom and France. The US Embassy in Nigeria said in a statement on Wednesday that there is $167m…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Muazu Magaji, former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Kano State, has tested positive for COVID-19. Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, had on April 18 sacked Magaji as a result of his unguarded utterances over the demise of Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. The commissioner,…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, has described the Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, as a man who truly loves reaching out in the true meaning of charity. Bishop Chukwuma…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has rubbished claims that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) officials are collecting N35,000 to collect samples for COVID-19 test. Mustapha reacted on Wednesday, while fielding questions during the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing. According to him, many Nigerians…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, in Wednesday ordered the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Zain Nigeria Ltd (now Airtel) to pay N703 million in damages to a media company, TV Xtra Production for copyright infringement. Delivering judgment, Justice Ekwo, held that the actions of the defendants contravened the…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-If legendary boxer Mike Tyson is serious about making a comeback, $1 million has apparently been put on the table for a potential charity match in Australia against a former rugby star, according to a report. Brian Amatruda, an Australian boxing matchmaker, told the Daily Mail that he reached out to Tyson’s…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 256 evacuated Nigerians have arrived in Lagos State from the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. They arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, via an Emirates Airline about 07.40pm. The PUNCH reports that upon their arrival, the evacuees are expected to proceed into 14-day isolation. The Minister of…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump on Wednesday described the coronavirus pandemic as the worst attack the US has ever endured, calling it worse than Pearl Harbor or 9/11. “We went through the worst attack we’ve ever had in our country,” the president said of the virus which has killed more than 71,000 people in the…