LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kano State Upper Sharia Court on Thursday sentenced an Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Kabara, to death by hanging after he was found guilty of the 4-count charge of blasphemy filed by the Kano State government. Mr Kabara, who is the son of the late Nasiru Kabara, a leader of the Qadariyya Islamic…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that it has so far recovered over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly siphoned by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed. The Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this while appearing at the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Charity Commission has granted consent for the University of Cambridge to return 116 artefacts to Nigeria. The objects, known as the Benin Bronzes, were taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897, the university said. The legal ownership of the items will be transferred to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s inflation rate rose for the 10th consecutive month in November to 21.47 per cent from 21.09 per cent recorded a month earlier amid a continuing increase in food and energy prices, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. The statistics office said the prices of goods and services, measured by the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has ordered the opening of the Second Niger Bridge for use starting from midnight on Thursday. The Minister of Works, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, stated this on Wednesday, while inaugurating the bridge for use for one month during the Yuletide. Fashola, who took a walk round the bridge during…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki, is dead. The Lagos politician was said to have died in Madrid, Spain. He was aged 63. His death was announced in a notice signed by his children on Thursday. The notice said that he “It is with heavy hearts and profound gratitude…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The newly redesigned naira notes will go into circulation on Thursday (today) with Deposit Money Banks releasing the bills to their customers via over-the-counter payments. This came about three weeks after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), unveiled the new bills at a weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Aso Rock…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that corruption continues to fight back in the country despite measures deployed by various government agencies to arrest the iniquity. It, however, said the ugly trend of corruption and its attendance consequences might strive as long as Nigerians continue to celebrate corrupt leaders….