Archive for: February, 2024

Obi Breaks Silence On N3.5bn Scandal, Demands Thorough Investigation

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has demanded a thorough investigation of alleged financial impropriety against the National Chairman of Barrister Julius Abure. Obi made the  call at a media briefing where he rendered account of the 2023 Obi-Datti Presidential campaign organisation funding, on Thursday. “For the party (LP), I […]

Insecurity: Tinubu, 36 Govs Consider Establishment Of State Police

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Federal Government and the 36 states on Thursday agreed on the need to establish state police to curtail issues bordering on insecurity across the country. This was the highlight of the meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the 36 state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) at […]

Eagles Record Best FIFA Rankings In 11 Years, Move 14 Steps Upwards

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles’ move from 42nd in the world to 28th in the latest FIFA rankings has seen them record their best leap since 2013, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Nigeria moved 14 places in the world and are now third in Africa, moving three places up from their previous sixth position. This is […]

LASTMA Threatens To Prosecute Skit/Film Makers Using Agency Uniform Without Permit

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Management of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has concluded all necessary arrangements to prosecute any skits or filmmkers caught using the Agency’s uniform or its affiliated colour, kits and accoutrements without any authorisation from the Government.  The General Manager of the Agency Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki frowned at the demeaning […]

Fresh Fears As Kidnappers Take Over  Owerri Major Bus Stops

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite efforts and assurances by the Imo State Police Command of safety of the citizenry, frightening dimension has entered into it with the residents of the state capital worried about a new tactics deployed to abduct persons in the place by suspected kidnappers .Before now, kidnappers had been waylaying victims on the […]

Benin Trans Border Traders, Okada Riders Shun Naira For Business Transactions

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Naira has suffered another setback as trans-border businessmen and women who hitherto used to transact their businesses in Naira and other currencies have stopped accepting the currency as payment for business transactions. The traders claim that using the Naira to transact their businesses has become counterproductive following its continued depreciation, adding […]

Looted Pubic Funds Recovered Under Buhari Missing From CBN, SERAP Alleged

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has claimed that all the stolen public funds recovered between 2016 and 2019 by the immediate past government of Muhammadu Buhari are missing from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The group revealed this on Wednesday afternoon via its verified X-page, adding that the missing looted […]

Insecurity: Nigeria Lawyers Urge Tinubu To Declare State Of Emergency

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has asked President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the issue of insecurity in the country.  NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, in a state of the nation address it presented in Abuja on Wednesday, maintained that “what […]

Why Osimhen’s Performance In AFCON Final Against Cote d’Ivoire Was In Doubt-Napoli

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The medical team of Italian Serie A champions Napoli has revealed that top striker Victor Osimhen played in the Africa Cup of Nations final game against Cote d’Ivoire with a stomach infection, which was largely why his participation in the semi final was in doubt, OwnGoalNigeria.comreports. Italian publication the Repubblica made the […]

Naira Crisis Is Fueling Corporate Exodus

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria’s vice president cut the ribbon on Procter & Gamble Co.’s diaper production line in 2017, the $300 million facility near Lagos was hailed as a symbol of the country’s economic ambitions. In December, P&G said it was leaving the West African state. The US consumer goods giant is not alone. […]

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