LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has denied reports that he was sacked from office on allegations of corrupt practices. Dakuku who held a closed door meeting with the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo in Abuja, last Friday, said the non- renewal of…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven persons, who were identified as Ghanaian nationals, have been arrested at Abule-Egba, Lagos State for allegedly attempting to smuggle illicit substance into the country. Bala Elkana, Lagos State Police spokesman, who spoke on the arrest, said the suspects, whose names were not given as at press time, were nabbed on March…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prisons across the UK could be forced to release low-category inmates to control the spread of coronavirus across the British justice system. General Secretary of the Prison Officers Association Steve Gillan this morning said that some prisoners across sites in the UK have already been forced to self-isolate within the prisons due to…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zenith Bank Plc has reportedly been given the green light to merge or acquire Union Bank Nigeria Plc. our correspondent got wind of this from a reliable source. We understand talks are currently ongoing between the banks and a tentative arrangement may have been reached to commence due diligence. Zenith Bank is…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits over the weekend attacked travellers on the Birnin-Gwari – Kaduna highway killing, kidnapping and injuring travelers. The attacks took place on Saturday evening and on Sunday evening. Some of the kidnapped victims of the Saturday attack were said to be students who were on their way back to Birnin-Gwari from…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Administrator of Bethlehem Girls College, Abule-Ado has been confirmed dead. This was contained in a twitter message by a priest of the Catholic Church, Augustine mario. According to him, Rev. Sr. Henrietta Alokha SSH, Principal of Bethlehem Girls College, Abúlé Ado struggled to rescue her students in the pipeline fire explosion…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency says 15 corpses, including a family of four, have been recovered from the scene of Sunday’s explosion which occurred at Abule Ado, Trade Fair axis of Lagos State. No fewer than 60 students of Bethlehem Girls College located within the area, who sustained various degrees of injury…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has told the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) that it “has no records of the exact amount of public funds stolen by a former military head of state, Sani Abacha and no records of the spending of about $5 billion recovered loot for the period between 1999 and…
