Archive for: August, 2022

Nigeria Obtains $1.5bn Loan From US To Boost Solar Power Infrastructure

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has secured a $1.5 billion loan from the US-EXIM Bank to boost solar power infrastructure in 10 different locations in the country. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SUN Africa LLC, USA, Adam Cortese, disclosed this yesterday while speaking with newsmen after a meeting of a delegation of the company with President […]

Election Preparations, Deployment, Most Extensive Peacetime Mobilization, Says Yakubu

By Dominic James LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has described election preparations, deployment and implementation as the most extensive mobilization that could happen in a country in either peacetime or wartime. Dwelling specifically on Nigeria, Prof. Yakubu averred that preparations for the 2023 General Election would […]

Ban: Erring Okada Riders, Passengers Risks 3-Month Jail Term In Lagos

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two months into the ban of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada in some parts of Lagos, the state government has stipulated three months jail term for erring operators and their passengers found plying restricted routes. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), CSP […]

Nigeria, Nigerians And  ‘Strange Liberators’

By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi  LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The title ‘a nation governed by Strange Liberators’ was first used in my October 9, 2018 intervention. But I first encountered the phrase: “Strange liberators’ ‘, while studying the words and speeches of Martin Luther King Jnr, American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman […]

EFCC, Nigeria Immigration Service Seeks Partnership In Battle Against Financial Crime

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has called for enhanced operational partnership with the Service in the renewed war against perpetrators of economic and financial crimes in the country. He made the call during a meeting with the Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris […]

Former Nigeria Police Boss, Tafa Balogun Passes On At 74

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Inspector-General of Police, Mustapha Balogun is dead He died after a brief illness Mr Balogun was Born August 25, 1947, in Ila Orangun, Osun State. He was appointed the IGP in March 2002. Balogun died at 74. He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Course 3. Having worked […]

Court Seals Off FirstBank’s Abuja Hqtrs, Tow Away Vehicles, Generators, Others

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The headquarters of First Bank located in the Central Business District, Abuja, has been sealed off by the FCT High Court Enforcement Unit over failure to comply with a garnishee order. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment that has been made […]

BBC Shuns Nigeria Advise, Insists On Airing More Video On Terrorism, Banditry

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is unfazed by the Federal Government of Nigeria’s seeming attempt to muzzle the media. Insiders chatted with DAILY POST in reaction to the fine slammed on Trust Television Network (Trust TV) and others. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) fined the multimedia wing of Media Trust Limited N5million […]

Confusion As Killer Of Akwa Ibom Jobseeker Sentenced To Death, Attempted  To  Escape

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Ibom State High Court as Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, was sentenced to death by hanging. Akpan attempted to escape shortly after the sentence was announced by the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, on Thursday. Our correspondent reports […]

Ex-Boxing World Champion Passes On At Age 77

LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon has died in Melbourne after a lengthy illness. He was 77. The Sport Australia Hall of Fame announced Famechon’s death in a statement on Thursday. Famechon was struck by a car while jogging in 1991 in Sydney which caused him to suffer a stroke and resulted […]

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