LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, is currently in the Makurdi custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, following an invitation, The PUNCH has learnt. Ortom arrived at the Makurdi zonal office of the anti-graft agency, located at Alor Gordon Street, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS) Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time early Tuesday to find a missing submersible carrying five people on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic. The carbon-fiber submersible named the Titan, part of a mission by OceanGate Expeditions, carried a pilot, a renowned British…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Monday appointed DCG Adewale Bashir Adeniyi as the new acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Adeniyi was appointed alongside new service chiefs that will take over the security affairs of Nigeria. Daily Trust idemtifies seven things about the new man at the helm of Nigeria…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A report from a subpoenaed witness who identified herself as an employee of Amazon Web Services Incorporated, USA, has been admitted as evidence by the presidential tribunal. The witness who gave her name as Claretta Ogar, disclosed that she is a cloud engineer and architect. The report provided details of the health…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has pledged to give priority attention to the health and safety of Nigerians, noting that for any country to develop, the health of its people, particularly the workforce, is critical. The President spoke when he received the co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, and…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In response to the petition filed by Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant from the Labour Party, against Bola Tinubu at the tribunal, Babatunde Gbadamosi, a former candidate for Lagos Governorship, recently posted on his social media accounts. In his post, Gbadamosi claimed that, Peter Obi had made thorough preparations to counter election…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video showing the convoy escorting the new Senate President, Godwill Akpabio after the day’s work is circulating on social media. In the video making rounds, several cars, which consists of V8s, Mercedes Benzes and motorcycle outriders were captured as part of the motorcade. Several security personnel were also part of the…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed Emmanuel Igwe, an electoral officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi. NAN reports that the victim was killed on Sunday when the gunmen attacked him and his wife along the Ishiagu axis of the Ishiagu-Mpu road while returning from Anambra state. The…