Archive for: August, 2024

Asylum Seeker Convicted For 11 Years For Attempting To Kill His Lawyer In Glasgow

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A client who admitted trying to murder his own solicitor in his office has been jailed for 11 years. Esayas Neguse entered the Glasgow office of Muhammad Shoaib in September 2022 and stabbed him in the neck and body with a knife. As two of Shoaib’s colleagues tried to intervene, he headbutted one […]

Worker Allegedly Plunges To Death From Five-Storey NNPCL Building

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A contract staffer with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Asher Christopher, has reportedly died while on duty. It was alleged that the 23-year-old Christopher had fell off from the five-storey building and died while carrying out his duty on Tuesday. However, the family of the victim has called for a […]

Fidelity Bank Reacts To Report Of NDPC Fines Of N555.8m Over Alleged Data  Breach

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Fidelity Bank has reacted to  media report of Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC) fine of   N555.8m over alleged  data breach. The Bank in a statement signed by  Dr Meksley Nwagboh, Divisional Head, Brand & Communications of Fidelity Bank Plc made available to NewsRangers disclosed that  while the matter is a subject […]

Police Impose Curfew As Protest Rocks Sokoto Over Bandits Killing Of District Head

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto State Police Command has imposed a curfew in Sabon Birni town, Sabon Birni Local Government Area, following violent protests by youths over the killing of the District Head of Gatawa, Isa Muhammad Bawa.   According to the command’s spokesman, ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, the curfew, which restricts movement between 6 a.m. and […]

AFCON Qualifiers: Samson Siasia Returns To Super Eagles As Part Of Eguavoen’s Interim Crew 

AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-African football legend Samson Siasia is set to make a surprise return to the Super Eagles setup, six days after completing a five-year ban from football. According to OwnGoalNigeria, Siasia will join Austine Eguavoen’s interim coaching crew for the in the interim setup comes as a shock, given his recent ban for match-fixing […]

Jilted Woman Sets Self Ablaze, Burns Beyond Recognition

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A 40-year-old woman, (name withheld) has set herself on fire after her husband divorced her in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa. DSP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, on Friday. Shiisu said the woman, who resides in Garin […]

296 Nigerian Cadets Risk Deportation As Indian Academy Accuses NIMASA Of Contract Breach

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Springdale Academy of Maritime Education and Training Trust (SAMET) in India has petitioned the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) over alleged breach of contractual agreement with Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services. SAMET in the petition dated July 19, 2024 through its Nigerian legal firm, Kunle Adegoke […]

NNPC Reacts To Atiku’s Allegation Of OVH Acquisition By Tinubu

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL)  has reacted to  a press release signed by Mr. Paul Ibe, a Media Adviser to the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in which  he was quoted to have lamented “the criminal hijack of the NNPC by corporate cabals around the current President”. In the […]

NNPC Shares Update  On Northern Oil Exploration Efforts, Pledges Continued Support For FG’s Ambition In Frontier Regions

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited  (NNPC) has provided updates on its crude oil exploration activities in the Northern part of the country, reiterating its commitment to achieving the Federal Government’s aspirations in the frontier basins. “The company has been actively drilling in basins in and around Northern Nigeria, as a result […]

US Government $27m Bribe To Nigerian Leaders Not Humanitarian Aid To Nigeria

By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm  Omirhobo LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. government purported $27 million aid to Nigeria which is part of a broader $536 million package for sub-Saharan Africa, announced by Uzra Zeya, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights is bribe to Nigerian leaders not humanitarian aid to Nigeria. […]

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