Archive for: September, 2023

Ex-Wagner Commander Arrested In Norway

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back into Russia after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year, the man’s lawyer said on Saturday. Andrei Medvedev, who escaped Russia in January via its Arctic border with Norway, […]

Repentant Boko Haram Member Allegedly Kills Wife Over Extra-Marital Affairs

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A repentant Boko Haram member, Musa Dauda has killed his wife for allegedly engaging in extra-marital affairs with a farmer in Borno state. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sani Shatambaya in a statement on Friday. Shatambaya said, “On 17/09/2023 at about 1225hrs the police operatives of the command […]

ASUU Reacts To Federal Govt’s 25% Salary Pay Rise For Lecturers

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has reacted to reports that the federal government has increased salary of lecturers by 35 percent.  ASUU said it has not been informed of any pay rise given lecturers in federal institutions by the federal government.  The National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in […]

Kidnappers Beg For Food To Feed Nine FCT Abducted Villagers

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The abductors of nine people from Pavu community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT have asked the families of the victims to send them foodstuff, saying they will discuss the issue of ransom with them later. City & Crime had reported that kidnappers in the early hours of Tuesday invaded Pavu […]

Kano Keke Rider Gets Four Women As Gift  For Returning Lost N15m

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano State Matchmaking and Marriage Association, known as ‘Mai Dalilin Aure’ in Hausa, has offered four women to tricycle rider Auwalu Salisu, who returned N15 million to a passenger who forgot the money in his tricycle. DAILY POST recalls that the tricyclist became an internet sensation after returning N15 million forgotten in […]

FG Approves 25%  Salaries Increase For  Federal Institutions’ Lecturers, To Pay Arrears From  January ‘23

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government, through the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission, has approved the payment of a newly approved percentage increment in salaries for academic and non-academic staff of all its tertiary institutions across the country, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the percentage increment for junior staff of tertiary institutions […]

Army Rescues Six Out Of 24 Abducted Students At Federal University Gusau, Hunts For Bandits

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Six of the 24 students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State kidnapped in the early hours of Friday (today) have been rescued, Channels Television reports. A top military source close to the Commander of 1 Brigade Nigerian Army, Gusau, confirmed this to our correspondent, following the bandits’ invasion of the Sabon-Gida […]

JAMB Registrar,  Oloyede To Chair 2023 GOCOP  Annual Conference In Abuja

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, will serve as the Chairman of the 2023 Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). This was disclosed by the chairman of 2023 Conference Planning Committee, Danlami Nmodu  in a press statement by the Publicity Secretary of […]

“Over 500,000 Nigerians Live In South Africa As ‘Illegal Immigrants’ “

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The High Commissioner of Nigeria to South Africa, Ambassador Muhammad Haruna Manta has disclosed that over 500,000 Nigerians are living in South Africa as illegal immigrants. According to him, some of the illegal immigrants came into South Africa through the border of Mozambique where there is no visa requirement into the country. […]

U.S. Court Temporarily Halt Release Of  Tinubu’s University Records

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In a recent development, Judge Nancy Maldonado of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has temporarily halted the release of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s academic records from Chicago State University (CSU). This decision came after Mr. Tinubu, through his legal representatives, expressed concerns about the disclosure’s severe […]

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