LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, on Saturday, said 60 personnel have so far been sacked after they were either caught receiving or giving bribes. The official also said he once disguised as a cleaner in order to catch corrupt officials. Mr Babandede told the BBC Hausa Service…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police used teargas on Friday to disperse dozens of people in the capital Abuja who had gathered to protest at alleged brutality by members of a special police unit, witnesses said. Protesters, some holding placards, ran as clouds of teargas hung in the air. Multiple people at the incident said on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former staff of Vintage Press Limited publishers of The Nation newspapers have petitioned the Director General National Pension Commission (PenCom) over backlog of unremitted pension due to workers. They want the unremitted funds be paid with the outstanding interests to the workers by The Nation Newspapers. In a statement, former chairman, Nigeria…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A good governance advocacy group, Niger Delta Economic and Social Justice Coalition (NDESC), has cautioned those behind the sponsored failed media attacks on the Chairman, Delta State Investment Development Agency (DIDA), Mr Paul Nmah to desist from their actions or face the full wrath of the law. Reacting to an online publication…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former of Anambra State and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Mr Peter Obi, has inaugurated five billion Naira development fund to address infrastructure challenges in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Obi, an alumnus of the University of the class of 1984, inaugurated the capital…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Ibrahim Khaleel, has died in Abuja. Khaleel reportedly slumped and subsequently passed away at his Abuja residence while trying to perform magrib prayers on Wednesday. Condoling with the NULGE and the Kano State Government over the incident, the Zamfara State Governor Bello…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the country was primed for a second recession in four years although the government has put in place plans to ensure rapid recovery in 2021. The President in his remarks during the presentation of the 2021 budget proposal to the National Assembly, said “GDP growth is…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS) Angry mob on Thursday lynched an official of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA and injured another in Adamawa State. The incident happened in Hong, headquarters of Hong Local Government Area in northern Adamawa, according to Daily Post. The report said the victims were attacked while conveying a suspected drug…