LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for a concerted action by all stakeholders in ensuring an efficient, effective and fraud-free pension system in Nigeria. The agency said urgent reform was needed to deliver an efficient, effective and sustainable pension administration system in the country, adding that it had probed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prices of imported secondhand automobiles, popularly known as Tokunbo vehicles, have gone out of the reach of average income earners. The Guardian learnt that prices of Tokunbo and new cars in the country have tripled due to high clearing fees and processing, high duty, freight rate, security surcharges, insurance on Nigeria-bound cargoes,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four people have been confirmed dead after a wall collapsed on guests during payment of bride price ceremony (lobola) in GaChuene Thokgwaneng, South Africa on Saturday October 4. It was gathered that people attending the ceremony were seated in a tent which was positioned next to an unroofed building, when strong wind blew. The wall…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There seems to be a string of compounding woes for the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is currently in the custody of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) following his arrest in Kenya in June. However, his ongoing treason trial does not seem to be…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Communications Commission has disqualified anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria. This is according to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website. In the modified regulations, NCC limited telecoms subscribers to only…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Legendary Nigerian actress, Joke Silva, has debunked rumours of the death of her husband, Olu Jacobs. According to news making rounds on the internet, the veteran actor was rumoured to be dead. Joke Silva disclosed her husband was hale and hearty. She said, “Don’t mind them, they’re just talking rubbish; don’t disturb…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver in the habit of tricking passengers to kidnappers has been arrested. The 25-year-old is part of an 11-man kidnap gang who use motor parks to perpetrate their nefarious activities. The gang comprising nine men and two women operate from two motor parks in Kano. The gang members revealed their strategies…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has approved the sum of N75,000 as stipend per semester for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities in Nigeria. Also, the Nigeria Certificate in Education students will get N50,000 as stipend per semester as part of the deliberate effort of the government to attract the best…