LAGOS DECEMBER 2BD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oregon Tool Incorporated, a U.S.-based company that sells farming equipment and precision cutting tools, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay $1.7 million fine for shipping multibillion-naira worth of tools to two Nigerian fraudsters known as ‘Yahoo Boys’, without carrying out due diligence, documents obtained by Peoples…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday, 30th of November, 2023 arraigned 12 Officers before Disciplinary Panel for various Offenses bothering on corrupt practices and absenteeism in line with the extant rules as guided by the Lagos State Civil Service Rules and Regulations. The Acting General Manager of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Economic hardship has forced thousands of Nigerians to migrate in recent years, leading to a brain drain in key sectors. Local media reported that some 143,000 Nigerian doctors and “others” moved to the UK in the year leading up to September 2023. But the claim is misleading: official statistics reveal only 26,715…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, has spoken against the demolition of houses in Lagos and other states. Obi urged governments at all levels to show compassion and not multiply the pain of the poor. The former Anambra state governor, in a statement posted…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shepherd-in-charge of the Celestial Church of Christ International Headquarters, Ketu, Olatosho Oshoffa, has condemned the invitation of Fuji singer, Pasuma, and street-hop artiste, Portable, to the praise night of one of the church branches. There was a stir on social media on Wednesday when an event flier that revealed that Pasuma…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGER)A Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, Nov. 29, restrained the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, and Lagos State Building Control Agency, LSBCA, from further demolition of residential houses in 6th Avenue, Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The trial judge, Justice Omolade Awope, had granted the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly attacked a movie location where Nigerian Nollywood Actor, Sylvester Madu, was invited, killing four people and injured over 10 others. The Nigerian actor, who narrowly escaped death by whiskers reportedly travelled to Bamenda in Cameroon on November 23, 2023, in order to work on a film project. He was,…
LAGOS NOVEMBeR 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from floods that have devastated many parts of Kenya has almost doubled to 120, a government official said on Tuesday. More than 89,000 households have also been displaced and are being sheltered in over 112 camps, top interior ministry official Raymond Omollo said in a statement. Kenya and its…