LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service has so far generated over N2.3 trillion this year against the N1.679 trillion target it was given for the year, the Deputy National Public Relations Officer, DC Timi Bomodi has disclosed. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, Bomodi revealed that the Service made various landmark seizures of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, notified the National Assembly of his resolve to withhold assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 in line with the provisions of Section 58(1) & (4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The president in a letter to the leadership of the National Assembly, exclusively obtained by…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 75-year-old man, (name withheld) who arrived Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a flight operated by Delta Air from the US this morning has died at the airport. The man was found dead shortly after the aircraft touched down and taxied to the avio bridge from where he…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 170 investors who invested about N10.8 billion with a Quintessential Investment Company owned by one Joshua Adeyinka Kayode are groaning in pains as they could no longer access neither the capital invested nor the profit accruable. The Company promised to pay back all investor’s Investments on April 14, 2021…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force said it has commenced investigations into the alleged professional misconduct, abuse of office and extortion of 22 million naira worth of Bitcoin from some citizens in Lagos State, levelled against a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nwawe Cordelia and others, serving at the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Alagbon,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State High Court in Kano, on Monday, convicted three smugglers of 1,144 Automated Card Machine (ATM) cards. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the judge, Tanimu Shehu, sentenced them to six months’ imprisonment with an option N50,000 each. The commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, who signed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Jose Mourinho Reportedly Set to Accompany Incoming Super Eagles Coach to Nigeria for his Unveiling . The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will reportedly unveil Portuguese tactician Jose Peseiro as the new Super Eagles coach anytime next week, Street Journal reports. Nigeria fired Gernot Rohr last week and technical director Augustine Eguavoen will…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu says the commission will require N305 billion to conduct the 2023 general elections. He disclosed this during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Appropriation at the National Assembly on Monday. The INEC boss also noted that the amount will enable…