LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to a recent list released by Forbes Magazine, South African Business Mogul, John Rupert has dethroned Nigerian Aliko Dangote to emerge as the richest man in Africa. In the ranking, Johann Rupert & family’s wealth went from $10.7 billion to $10.3 billion to emerge as Africa’s richest man. This saw Aliko…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Upper Shari’ah Court, on Thursday, issued an order for the arrest of a Customs officer, Yusuf Ismail, alias Mai Biscuit, following his failure to attend court proceedings, concerning a property ownership case filed against him. The presiding judge, Garba Malafa, gave the order pursuant to the prayer by counsel…
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…
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,…