LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire on Monday gutted a section of the World Trade Centre building located in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. An eyewitness told The PUNCH that the fire started from the top of the skyscraper which dots the skyline of Central Business District, Abuja as smoke billowed from the pinnacle. First responders including firefighters…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN vowed to take legal action against Sahara Reporters on account of defamatory publications made against him. Malami said, the consequence of the criminal defamation published by Sahara Reporters, has subjected him to considerable distress, psychological trauma, anxiety and greatly injured his…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association said on Monday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had sacked 850 contract workers at the nation’s refineries. The unions disclosed this in a joint statement signed by the National President, NUPENG, Williams Akporeha,…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 5,000 fans saw the Ligue 1 champions beat Le Havre, with supporters allowed into stadiums for the first time since early March. Paris Saint-Germain crushed Le Havre 9-0 in a friendly as France allowed supporters back into football stadiums for the first time since lockdown. The occasion was described as “a victory…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the public embarrassment the ongoing probe of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has caused the government and the nation, the presidency yesterday engaged the global anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI) in a shouting match after TI berated President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping Magu…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ivory Coast Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan has resigned, the presidency said on Monday, further unsettling the political outlook days after the sudden death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, President Alassane Ouattara’s preferred successor. The death last week of Gon Coulibaly, hand-picked by Ouattara to run in October’s presidential election, has…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died aged 59, her family and President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. Daughter to Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, she was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death. “Ambassador Mandela passed away in…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, could not give a proper account of missing 332 out of the 836 recovered properties in March, 2018, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. NAN reported on Sunday that the latest allegation against the suspended EFCC boss …
