Archive for: March, 2023

New Nigeria Will Rise From Lagos -LP Gov Candidate Gbadebo Rodes

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Labour Party governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says Nigerian youths are 90 per cent close to taking over governance and having their dream country materialise. The 40-year-old LP candidate disclosed this at a meeting tagged, “Youth O’ Clock” in Ikeja on Thursday, where he said new Lagos would birth new […]

Lagos Court Restrain Roger Brown From Parading Himself As Seplat CEO

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy PLC, Roger Brown, has stepped down from office following the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos. The court restrained Brown from further parading himself as the firm’s CEO, pending the determination of a suit filed against him and others by aggrieved stakeholders of […]

Mixed Reactions Trail INEC Shift In Guber Polls

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, received knocks and praises over its decision to postpone the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections to March 18. The electoral umpire, late Wednesday night, postponed the state balloting due to its inability to commence the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS, […]

Lady Bagged 24 Years Imprisonment Over N40m Property Fraud In Abuja

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court sitting in Abuja has sentenced one Mercy Yusuf to 24 years in prison for $298,000, ₦40 million property fraud. In a statement on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Yusuf and her company, T.M Properties Limited, were arraigned on a four-count charge that bordered on obtaining […]

Lagos Traders Protest As Officials Seal Shops In Ojodu

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a protest on Wednesday by some traders selling items on the premises of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Centre’s headquarters in the Ojodu area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the traders, on Wednesday, arrived to open their shops on the premises also housing the Federal Road Safety Corps, […]

Transport Minister Sympatises With Lagos Train Crash Victims, Orders Investigation Into Incidence

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu  Jaji Sambo has expressed deep sadness over the train accident which occurred in the early hours of today, Thursday, 9th March 2023 in Lagos.  The Minister has ordered an immediate and full investigation into the unfortunate incident.  The accident involved a Nigerian Railway Corporation passenger train and […]

Okiro Implores IGP To Investigate Policemen Found Wanting During Presidential Election

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr Mike Mbama Okiro has implored Inspector General of Police of Nigeria (IGP) Mr Alkali Baba to to diligently investigate and decisively deal with security operatives who watch aimlessly while election violence is being committed in their presence by hired gunmen, political thugs and sundry election miscreants and offenders.  […]

Nigeria’s $11bn Trial Ends With Accusations Of Massive Bribes, Missing Witnesses

LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Allegations of six-figure bribes, shady middlemen and fabricated evidence featured in the $11 billion UK trial ending this week that could cost Nigeria a third of its foreign reserves. Africa’s biggest economy wants the UK High Court to strike down the massive arbitration award in favor of hedge fund-backed Process & Industrial […]

FG Moves Into Action As Train Crushes BRT Bus, Kill Two In Lagos

LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, on Thursday, revealed that personnel of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) have been instructed “to move quickly” to probe the fatal rail accident that happened in Lagos on Monday. POLITICS NIGERIA had reported how two people died and several others were seriously injured when a […]

Lagos: Army, DSS Recovers 1,671 PVCs, Ballot Papers,Arrest 3 In Olodi-Apapa

LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters  Cards,  PVCs,  in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also recovered in the apartment were ballot […]

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