Archive for: July, 2020

Lockdown: FG Grants Approval To Pay Salaries Owed Private School Teachers

LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Yomi Otubela, says the Federal government has agreed to pay the salaries of private school teachers that are being owed by their school management since the lockdown started in March.  A number of private school teachers have come out to cry for help […]

Boko Haram Attacks Army Barracks In Borno A Day Service Chief Marks 5th Anniversary In Office

LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 333 Artillery Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno state  came under attack by Boko Haram insurgents   forces on a Nigeria Service Chiefs celebrated fifth year anniversary in Office.  Military sources told TheCable that the insurgents stormed the town around 11:20pm on Monday, firing shots into the barracks. The soldiers responded immediately but the […]

Unknown Gunmen Abduct Ex-Senator, Chief Imam In Taraba State

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped a former Senator, who represented Taraba North in the National Assemby, Sen. Zik Sunday and the Chief Imam of the Command’s Mosque Coporal Mustapha Badamasi in two separate operations. Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP David Misal, at a press briefing in Jalingo today ,said that Sunday, […]

Bandits On Rampage In Kaduna Communities, Kill 24, Injure Scores, Burn Houses

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 24 people have been killed and several others injured after gunmen attacked three communities in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Although the police authorities are yet to confirm the incident, the Chairman of Zango Kataf local government, Elias Manza told Channels Television that the criminals, suspected […]

Fire Razes Section Of World Trade Centre Building, Abuja

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire on Monday gutted a section of the World Trade Centre building located in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. An eyewitness told The PUNCH that the fire started from the top of the skyscraper which dots the skyline of Central Business District, Abuja as smoke billowed from the pinnacle. First responders including firefighters […]

AGF Malami Threatens To Sues Sahara Reporters Over Defamatory Publication

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN vowed to take legal action against Sahara Reporters on account of defamatory publications made against him. Malami said, the consequence of the criminal defamation published by Sahara Reporters, has subjected him to considerable distress, psychological trauma, anxiety and greatly injured his […]

NNPC Fires 850 Refinery Workers In Midst Of Covid-19, Oil Unions Alleged

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association said on Monday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had sacked 850 contract workers at the nation’s refineries. The unions disclosed this in a joint statement signed by the National President, NUPENG, Williams Akporeha, […]

Neymar, Mbappe Dazzle In France’s First Post-Covid-19 5,000 Football Crowd In PSG Friendly Win

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 5,000 fans saw the Ligue 1 champions beat Le Havre, with supporters allowed into stadiums for the first time since early March. Paris Saint-Germain crushed Le Havre 9-0 in a friendly as France allowed supporters back into football stadiums for the first time since lockdown.  The occasion was described as “a victory […]

Presidency, Transparency International At War Over Magu’s Travail

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the public embarrassment the ongoing probe of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has caused the government and the nation, the presidency yesterday engaged the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI) in a shouting match after TI berated President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping Magu […]

Ivory Coast Vice President Resigns, Days After Prime Minister’s Sudden Death

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ivory Coast Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan has resigned, the presidency said on Monday, further unsettling the political outlook days after the sudden death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, President Alassane Ouattara’s preferred successor. The death last week of Gon Coulibaly, hand-picked by Ouattara to run in October’s presidential election, has […]

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