LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been advised to scrap the Niger Delta Development Commission and the North East Development Commission for allegedly taking advantage of the masses. Isah Abubakar, National President, Northern Youth Council of Nigeria and Chairman, Nigeria Citizen Action Group, in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna, said, “We…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has given the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, 48 hours to publish the full details of lawmakers in the 9th Assembly who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commision (NDDC). The Speaker made the call while reacting to a…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to the news of the acting MD of Niger Delta Development Commission, Daniel Pondei, fainting during interrogation by the National Assembly. It will be recalled that the House of Representative had set up a committee to look into the case of misappropriation of funds at the agency…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has responded to allegations that he frustrated the extradition of a former minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke and other fugitives to face trial in Nigeria. Rejecting the allegation, Mr Magu has now told a presidential probe panel investigating allegations of…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The former president of the West African Bar Association and human rights campaigner, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has called for the cancellation of payment of electricity bills across the country as a result of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. The senior advocate of Nigeria made the call during the Lagos State University (LASU)…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State House of Assembly Speaker Titus Uba and his son have tested positive for COVID 19. Uba stated this through a statement issued by the Chairman, Committee on Information and Orientation, Tertsea Gbishe. Another member representing Kwande East Constituency, Teatsea Gbishe, also tested positive for the dreaded virus. The Speaker has,…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates have kidnapped 13 seafarers from a Liberian-flagged tanker 210 nautical miles off Bayelsa, according to multiple sources. Seven of the kidnapped crew members are Russians while six are Ukrainian nationals. The 11,322 dwt product tanker was boarded by eight armed pirates 210 nautical miles south west Bayelsa and 244 nautical miles…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The former President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua is dead. He allegedly died in Abuja on Monday night of cardiac arrest. He was 78 years old. Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua was a very strong ally of President mohammdau Buhari. He was believed to be a…