LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, the winner of Ondo State governorship poll. Governor Akeredolu was returned elected after polling the highest number of votes in the keenly-contested poll conducted on Saturday, 10th October 2020. He won in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of Nigeria’s police dissolved its Special Anti-Robbery Squad with immediate effect on Sunday, a police statement said, prompted by days of protests across the country against alleged brutality by the controversial unit. The protests broke out in recent days after a video circulated last week alleging to show members of…
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…