LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-United States Court has dismissed sex and human trafficking allegation made against a Nigerian from Delta State and former former Group General Manager of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Mr. Dafe Sejebor. The charges were dismissed on February 19, 2020. Mr. Mark W. Bennett, counsel to Dafe Sejebor disclosed and confirmed…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has revealed that he was touched to pay off an accumulated pension and gratuity debt of N35 billion, which he inherited from the previous administration, because of the sufferings of…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Assailants on Sunday, stormed the residence of Mr Azubuike Ekwegbalu, the Senior Special Assistant (security) to Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra, leaving him dead after allegedly stabbing him with a kitchen knife. The incident occurred early hours of Sunday at his residence at the Commissioners’ Quarters, Awka, a high brow area for government officials. An…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worried over the spate of official Government documents leakages, the Federal Government is seriously considering regulating or placing an outright ban on all civil servants from social media participation. Describing civil servants’ participation on social media as “improper,” the Government in a memo said, social media participation should instead be supportive of…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent a letter to the World Bank President, David Malpass, urging him to demand that the Nigerian government account for the spending of $114.28million grant for COVID-19. Malpass was also asked to put pressure on governors to accept voluntary scrutiny by Nigerians and civil…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some residents of Okeho town, Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State, have been accused of stealing huge sums of money they allegedly recovered from armed robbers who attacked the community’s First Bank branch on July 29. Corroborating the allegation, the traditional ruler of the town, Onjo of Okeho, Rafiu Mustapha, told…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission has again listed 23 companies that allegedly benefited from contracts awarded by the commission. A document sighted by SaharaReporters has names of companies allegedly provided by the National Assembly to the NDDC to award contracts before the lawmakers could harmonise the 2019 budget of the commission. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A well known Nigerian actor, Yemi Solade has shared his thoughts about the Nigerian movie industry which according to him is now filled with Yahoo boys and prostitutes. The popular actor who made the damning revelation in an interview with The Tribune, accused the gatekeepers of Nollywood of allowing unprofessionals to fill…
