LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has countered reports that it had been sacked and replaced by the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige. Reacting to media reports of the purported sack, the NSITF Management led by its Managing Director and Chief Executive, Bayo Somefun, said the Minister lacked…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In hindsight, it seems improbable that a former US Marine and high school football player born in San Francisco, nearly 8,000 miles away from Nigeria, would end up becoming arguably the biggest broadcast personality of a generation in Nigeria. But that’s exactly what happened with the late Dan Foster—the legendary radio presenter…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has tested positive for COVID-19, a Government House source has disclosed. The source also disclosed that a security aide of the governor had also tested positive. Though no official statement has been released by the government on the status of the wife of the…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura, the controller of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Apapa command on Thursday, July 2, revealed that ten officers contracted coronavirus that is ravaging the country. In a report by Nigerian Tribune, Abba-Kura noted that all the customs officers who tested positive were treated at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN), has said it lost more than 8,370 members, including eight Pastors, to the Boko Haram Insurgency in the North East. Rev. Joel Billi, who gave the statistics on Thursday, at the World News Conference, organised by the Dominion, in Yola, said 25,000 members of…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged secret account being kept by the Nigerian Ports Authority with a balance of over $1bn. The move followed the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Mr Kolawole Lawal at the plenary on Thursday. The motion was entitled,…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of armed men attacked the FPSO Sendje Berge some 30 nautical miles southwest from Bonny Island, earlier today, kidnapping some of its crew members. The news first emerged on the website of the UK-based security intel firm Dryad Global, which cited a ‘high confidence’ report, according to which 11 crew…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress Has kicked against the new fuel price of N143.8 announced by the Petroleum Product Price Regulatory Agency on Wednesday, saying “this might just be the last straw that would break the camel’s back.” The congress demanded a reversal of the pump price to the old price, arguing that…
