LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has warned the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) to postpone the Batch A 2020 orientation camp. The Islamic group based its call on the coronavirus outbreak and appealed to the authorities to be on the safe side. MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, in a statement on Wednesday,…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnappers on Monday night abducted four Rufus Giwa Polytechnic graduates on their way to Zamfara State for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp, it was learnt yesterday. The victims made up of three male and a female were kidnapped around Funtua in Katsina State at about 11:30pm by armed…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than four people were, on Tuesday, allegedly killed by Customs officers in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Residents of the area gave two different narratives of the incident. While some said the victims were killed when a seized truck controlled by Customs officers hit road users, others said the victims…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate yesterday quizzed the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Idris Ahmed, over the identity of a lawyer who collected $4 million as payment for the professional fees for the management of Excess Crude Account (ECA). Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, Adeola Olamilekan, who demanded the identity of the lawyer during…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A corps member has died hours after complaining of stomach pain. Idemudia Jude, a Batch C Stream A corps member serving in Sokoto state, complained of stomach pain on Monday night, March 9. He was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after. The deceased was a Food Technology graduate of the…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A PTA meeting turned sour on Monday as teachers and parents of Ogbogbo Baptist Grammar School, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State engaged in a series of fight. Reports had it that a parent cursed, insulted and personally called out a Yoruba teacher identified as Mrs Abosede who was fond of insulting students and…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was deposed as emir of Kano on Monday, into the board of KADIPA, its investment promotion agency. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said Governor Nasir El-Rufai approved the reconstitution of the board of KADIPA. Established in 2015,…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) met Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja without Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the suspended National Chairman. The meeting, which was held to prepare for the party’s March 17, 2020 emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, was presided over by…
