LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some 10,209 nurses between January 01, and July 07, 2023, sought clearance with the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) Secretariate to leave the country for greener pastures. Out of the figure, about 4,000 were cleared and have travelled to work outside as nurses. Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, General Secretary of GRNMA,…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making it a crime to abuse them or send them away from communities. The new law was suggested after a 90-year-old woman was lynched in Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region in July 2020, drawing…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-President Kashim Shettima met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Shettima, who represented President Bola Tinubu at the ongoing second Russia-Africa economic and humanitarian forum, assured President Putin closer ties between the two nations. The summit is focused on strategising to enhance relations between Russia…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations has halted its humanitarian operations in the Republic of Niger as an expression of its displeasure to an attempt by the military to oust President Mohamed Bazoum and take over power. This was as the United States and France joined the African Union and the Economic Community of West…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The University of Jos has announced the increase of school fees from the current N45,000 to N213,000 an increment of over 300 percent. According to new school fees chat signed by the Registrar of the university, the N213,000 fee is for 100 and 200 level students while the 300 level students…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The AU’s Peace and Security Council “demands the military personnel to immediately and unconditionally return to their barracks and restore constitutional authority, within a maximum period of fifteen (15) days”, it said in a communique following a meeting Friday on the Niger coup. The African Union has demanded that the military junta…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Police Command has arrested a former banker, Gift Igbinosun, 35, for allegedly defrauding John Nnamdi and Obasogie Osagieduwa of over N14.9m. The police spokesperson in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect who was sacked by her employer, a commercial bank, two years ago defrauded the victims under the…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-17-year old Ikechukwu Okeke, who was employed as POS Operator, has been arrested and charged for stealing his boss’ over N6.5m, which he shared with his girlfriends within two months he got employed in Lagos State. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Ikotun Market, where he was engaged by the complainant,…