Archive for: June, 2023

Student Loan Act Will  Send Many Students Out Of Achool – ASUU President

LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU said the Student Loan Bill, which President Bola Tinubu signed into law has the potential of sending many students out of school. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke stated this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday. Recall that, on Monday, the President signed the bill, describing […]

Chinese Fan Under Arrest For Hugging Messi On The Field During Football March In Beijing

LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chinese football fan who stormed the pitch and hugged Lionel Messi during a friendly match between Australia and Argentina in Beijing on Thursday has been placed under “administrative detention,” according to police in the Chinese capital. The fan, who is 18 years old and identified by the police as “Di,” has […]

Peter Obi Still Remains The Candidate For Better Nigeria – Obasanjo

LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi remains the candidate for a better Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in March declared the then-candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress and now-president, Bola Tinubu, as the […]

Abuja Court Orders DSS DG To Immediately Grant Emefiele Access To Lawyers, Family Members

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja high court has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to immediately grant the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, unrestricted access to his lawyers and family members. The order followed an application filed by Counsel to Emefiele, Mr J.B. Daudu (SAN). Daudu informed […]

Navy Dares Asari Dokubo, Urges Him To  Reveal Names Of Military Officers Engaged In Oil Theft

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Navy has dared former agitator and Niger Delta leader, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, to provide the names of officers involved in crude oil theft. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Dokubo had earlier made claims, stating that the majority of oil theft cases in the oil-rich region can be traced to the Nigerian […]

Asari Dokubo Meets Tinubu, Fingers Military, Cabal In Illegal Oil Bunkering

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prominent Niger Delta leader, Asari Dokubo, has accused the Nigerian military of being behind 99 percent of oil theft in the country. Dokubo made the accusation after a private meeting with President Bola Tinubu in his office on Friday. He stated that the President has promised to investigate allegations of huge oil […]

Police Burst Cross Border  Kidnap Gang In Ogun, Kill Four

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zone 2 Police Command ,Onikan, Lagos, has busted an international kidnap syndicate in Ogun State and nuetralized for members of the gang during a gun battle. One unregistered Bajaj motorcycle, four AK 47 riffles, six magazines loaded with live ammunition were recovered from the criminal hideout of the syndicate. The syndicate […]

Removal Of Peg On Naira May Force NNPCL To Review Petrol Prices

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The removal of the peg on the naira thus allowing for a free float will force a review of the assumptions that led to the pump price of petrol at N488 per litre in Lagos, industry operators say. Nigeria’s state-owned oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) last month issued […]

Tinubu’s Advisory Council Proposes Customs, NIMASA, FIRS Merger

LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Policy Advisory Council has recommended the declaration of a state of emergency on revenue generation in the country. The council also proposed the merger of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigerian Customs Service, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency into the Nigerian Revenue Service in order […]

Police Declare Manhunt For Grave Robbers Who Steal Edo Octogenarian Corpse

Unknown persons suspected to be grave robbers have invaded a private residence, exhumed and whisked away the corpse of an octogenarian landlord few hours after he was buried inside his room in Benin City. Consequently, operatives of the Zone 5 Police Headquarters in Benin have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators with a view to […]

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