LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday conducted a search operation at the head office of the Dangote Group in Lagos as it widens investigations into the foreign exchange transactions during the tenure of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Our correspondent gathered […]
Jan 5 2024 | Posted in
State |
Read More »
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has threatened to shut the nation’s ports from Tuesday, January 9, over the alleged continued refusal of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, and Stevedoring Contractors to comply with the Stevedoring extant laws. In a statement Wednesday night, the President-General of the union, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, […]
Jan 5 2024 | Posted in
Business,
National |
Read More »
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid speculations of assassination, the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has taken over the investigation into the circumstances that led to the murder of a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Daniel Adefemi Okunade. Okunade, a top ranking officer in the Internal Audit Department of CBN, was shot […]
Jan 5 2024 | Posted in
National |
Read More »
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two police inspectors have been arrested and dismissed for armed robbery, illegal duty, and corruption by the leadership of the Zone 2 Police in Lagos State. The police at the zone are also on the trail of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ajayi Victor, who was also allegedly part of the criminal […]
Jan 5 2024 | Posted in
National |
Read More »
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) yesterd arrested three notorious ‘one chance’ armed robbers by Jubilee Bridge around Abule-Egba area of Lagos. In a press statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that they were arrested by LASTMA personnel alongside […]
Jan 5 2024 | Posted in
National |
Read More »
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan unveiled criminal charges against a Nigerian fintech businessman who recently bid unsuccessfully for an English Premier League soccer team, saying he lied to investors about his companies’ finances. Odogwu Banye Mmobuosi, 45, the former co-chief executive officer of Tingo Group (TIO.O), was charged with securities fraud, making false […]
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has called for the arrest and trial of six northern candidates participating in the Nigerian Army recruitment process who claimed to be indigenes of the state. A viral video surfaced earlier on Wednesday showing six candidates in the recruitment process, who hailed from Kaduna State, claiming Kosofe Local […]
Jan 4 2024 | Posted in
National |
Read More »
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, shunned an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission probing the N37.1bn allegedly laundered during her tenure in office through a contractor, James Okwete. Umar-Farouq kept interrogators waiting for over eight hours on Wednesday without an official […]
Jan 4 2024 | Posted in
National |
Read More »
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were said to have died on Wednesday evening when the convoy of Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Idris Mohammed Gobir, was involved in an accident . A source who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity said the accident claimed the life of policeman and a photographer believe to be […]
Jan 4 2024 | Posted in
National |
Read More »
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sebastine Broderick-Imasuen, who led the Golden Eaglets to win the inaugural U-17 World Cup in 1985 is dead. PUNCH reports that the late Nigerian coach was on life support at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital for over a year. Brodericks-Imasuen, 85, had been diagnosed with Ischemic stroke in December 2022 and […]
Jan 4 2024 | Posted in
National,
Sports |
Read More »
