LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Employment Labour and Productivity, Senate Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, apologised to the National Assembly over the recent altercation between the Minister of State for Labour, Mr. Festus Keyamo SAN, and a joint committee of the National Assembly over-sighting the ministry. Keyamo had disagreed with the joint committee on the…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Tuesday took a swipe at the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige for suspending the entire management of NSITF over pumped up allegations. The lawmakers apparently peeved by the minister’s action which according to them was a clear violation of Presidential Order said it was…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak even as it has ravaged his nation, said Tuesday that he has COVID-19. Confirming his diagnosis to journalists in Brasilia on Tuesday, Bolsonaro said that he was suffering muscle aches, fatigue and a fever but otherwise felt “normal.”…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghanaian Actress Rosemond Alade Brown better known as Akuapem Poloo has been arrested by the police over a nude photoshoot with her seven-year-old son which went viral on social media. According to Ghanaweb, Akuapem Poloo was picked up by operatives of Ghana’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and was sent to the headquarters…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ibrahim Magu has been suspended as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This comes a day after he was arrested and detained by officers of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Abuja. He was grilled by a panel probing allegations of gross misconduct against him but…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi has rushed to an Abuja High Court where he filed legal proceedings seeking to stop the impeachment proceeding and enforced his fundamental right of association against the impeachment process of members of Ondo state House of Assembly. Other defendants in the suit were the Inspector General…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is set to shut the Third Mainland Bridge for six months starting from Friday, July 24 to carry out major repairs on the bridge. This was confirmed by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, who said consultations are ongoing for another phase of repair works to…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Abubakar Namalika over the gruesome murder of Dr Enoch Okpara, a medical doctor in Gusau on June 13. Mr Usman Nagogo, State Commissioner of Police, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Gusau on Monday. He said that the suspect had already…