LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have intercepted a local passenger boat and recovered 200 cartridges of live ammunition and a bag containing a large quantity of a substance suspected to be Indian hemp. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mike Okoli, said three suspects were also arrested in connection with […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has called for the immediate suspension of the controversial Special Works Scheme of the Federal Government. The National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity had clashed over the recruitment of 774,000 workers for the scheme. At the plenary on Wednesday, the House asked the […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government to block SIM cards that are not synchronized with the National Identity Numbers, NIN. The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, gave telecommunications operators in the country two weeks to block SIM Cards that are not registered with the National Identity Numbers, NIN. This was made known in a statement by […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akon may not be lonely for much longer. The famed R&B singer is going ahead with plans to build a new $6 billion smart city in Senegal where nationals can live and work—and where members of the African Diaspora will always be welcome. The 47-year-old Senegalese American singer, known for hits like […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. The online legal newspaper, Nigeria lawyer, reported that the CJN’s health status was made known at the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) on Tuesday by a justice of the Supreme Court, Ibrahim Saulawa, […]
No fewer than five persons have died in a stampede at the Tii-Ama inks nation market centre in Rumuodara. Thousands of people from Obio Akpor, Emohua and Ikwerre local government areas where told to gather there by their exchangers, Pinkcoin, an online blockchain digital assets firm, to buy market from the amount in their wallet, […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Investigative Panel (IPP) probing rights violation by operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has ordered the police to produce the Commander of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Insurgents have attacked Tumur Town, a community in Niger Republic, which houses more than 40,000 refugees from Nigeria, Daily post reports. The attack on Sunday according to some refugees, who called their relatives in Maiduguri, was very bloody, leaving over 51 people dead and causing many damages of property, including animals. Most […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian monarchs have asked the military why it cannot occupy Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region still housing Boko Haram insurgents. Speaking on Monday, the Sultan of Sokoto and Co-Chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers, Sa’ad Abubakar, who led other top monarchs to Maiduguri to condole with the government and people […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. In a statement on Tuesday, the Bretton Wood institution said the facility is a five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) that will last from 2021 to 2024. “This country partnership framework will guide our engagement for the next five years in […]
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