LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday rejected an offer of N13.1 billion from a bidder for a forfeited property in Lagos State. The property comprising 24 units of luxury flats located on Banana Island, an affluent part of Lagos State, was put on sale as a single unit in…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH on Tuesday said the hospital lost about 150 nurses to Japa syndrome in three years even as it maintained that the hospital has been repositioned to reduce medical tourism. At a press briefing tagged: “First briefing of the Chief Medical Director on…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Turkish Airlines flight number 606 was today forced to return to the ground after a bird strike during take-off. The A330 however had to fly around Kampala and Entebbe for over an hour to burn fuel to achive the right weight for landing. According to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, the regulator of…
LAGOS JANUARY12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service ( DCI) Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) , when he paid an official visit to the Alausa…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Secretary-General of the Afenifere group, Mr Sola Ebiseni, has condemned the statement made by the senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo, that Peter Obi of the Labour Party could not win the forthcoming presidential election as his party had no structure. Ebiseni, who is the South West Coordinator for…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, said on Tuesday that Nigeria’s presidential seat is too important to be used as a retirement benefit. Obi made the statement at a town hall meeting with the members of Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council in Awka. Obi who enumerated the powers of…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman created a scene in the reception hall of a bank after the money in her account disappeared. The woman said she had been saving the money in her house and robbers never stole from her. But when she decided to deposit the money in the bank, she was robbed of her…
LAGOS JANUARY 11H (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said buying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as fuel, at N300 per litre is not too much for Nigerians. Sylva said in comparison with fuel prices in United Kingdom, the United States, and the Arab communities, he won’t complain if the petrol…