Archive for: December, 2022

Ship Owners Demand Relocation Of  Ajegunle Residents For Upgrade Of Apapa Port

LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria, Mkgeorge Oyung, yesterday called for the relocation of the residents of Ajegunle, a suburb in Lagos, with a view to enhancing the value of Apapa Wharf. He stressed the need for the federal and Lagos state governments to recreate the Apapa Port by relocating […]

Fake LASTMA Official Jailed Four Months As Agency Warns Against Impersonation

LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Bolade, Oshodi on Monday, 19th of December, 2022 sentenced an arrested  fake Lastma Officer (David Oluchkwu) to a 4-month jail term for impersonating and extorting money from motorists particularly commercial bus drivers in Lagos  The convicted fake Lastma Officer was arraigned […]

Federal Character Commission Honours Minister Of Transport In Maiden Award Ceremony

  LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The  Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo was recognized and honoured by the Federal Character Commission at its first award ceremony held at the Nnamdi Azikwe Hall, Nicon Luxury Hotel, Garki Abuja on Monday, December 19, 2022. The award  is in recognition of the  Minister’s commitment to the infrastructural development in […]

2023: Netherlands Consulate, HEDA, CSOs Seek Free, Fair Elections

LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 poll, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) have expressed commitment to deepening democracy in Nigeria. The two institutions said free and fair elections are the panacea for growth and prosperity of Nigeria. The Netherlands officials led by the […]

Yuletide: Fear Of Insecurity, Inflation Haunt Nigeria Christmas Celebration

LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-This year will be the fourth year running that Seyi Anne Moses has had to decide against going home to see her parents at Christmas. Like many urban Nigerians, Moses dreads the long road journey to see relatives in the countryside — a trip fraught with danger as gangs lurk to attack […]

Couple Flees As Hisbah Police Raid ‘Gay Wedding’,  Arrest Guests In Kano

LAGOS DECEMBER 21 (NEWSRANGERS)-The Islamic police force in northern Nigeria’s main city has arrested 19 Muslims, accusing them of attending the wedding of a same-sex couple. The force raided the marriage ceremony in Kano after a tip-off, its spokesman Lawal Ibrahim Fagge said. The couple, who had not yet taken their vows, managed to flee […]

Family Offers $35m Reward For Information On Killed Billionaire US Couple

LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five years after a drug company billionaire and his wife were found dead in their Toronto home, their family says they are now offering $35 million to help solve the grisly murders. Barry Sherman, who founded generic drugmaker Apotex Inc., and his wife, Honey, were found dead in their mansion on December 15, 2017. The […]

Sambo Inaugurates Taraba State Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council

LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Taraba State Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has inaugurated the State’s Presidential Campaign Council, harping on unity and party members’ togetherness.  The State Coordinator of the campaign council who is also the Honourable Minister of Transportation said the campaign committee has been saddled with the responsibility […]

Okupe Meets 4:30pm Deadline, Pays N13m Conviction Fine

LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday evening, paid N13 million for the 52-year jail term bagged for N240 million money laundering offence. Recall that Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, had found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred […]

I’m Undaunted By The  Conviction Of Okupe-Peter Obi

  LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has said that the witch-hunting of persons in his campaign team cannot break his resolve to be Nigeria’s president. The former Anambra State governor was reacting to Monday’s conviction of the Director General of his campaign council and former minister of information, Chief Doyin […]

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