LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared 19 persons, including a commander of a vigilante group, Azubuike Amadi, wanted, for operating illegal crude oil refining sites linked with the black soot incident in the state. The governor also directed the state head of service, Rufus Godwin’s, to query one Mr Temple…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra has said that the NPC would be ready in May 2022 to conduct the first digital population census is in Nigeria. He spoke after paying a courtesy visit to Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El -Rufai on Monday. The Commission, he said, was more than…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Assembly workers on Monday in Abuja staged a protest at the lobby of the complex over the non-payment of their salaries and allowances by the management. The placards carrying protesters shut down all the entrances into the building singing solidarity songs with inscription “Pay Us Our MOU.” The workers under the…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ninety airport staff have been arrested for fake COVID-19 results as well as engaging in other criminal activities. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria disclosed this via a statement issued on Monday, titled ‘Faan Arrests Over 90 Touts; Hands 89 Over To Police.’ FAAN General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu, said the…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over three million National Identity Numbers of Nigerians have been stolen after a hacker known only as Sam broke into the server of the National Identity Management Commission. Revealing how easy it was for him to breach the NIMC server and access personal information of millions of Nigerians in an article he…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Funmilayo Adebayo, the controversial Nigerian evangelist nicknamed Mummy GO, has claimed that many viral videos of her scaring a church audience with preachings about hell are doctored. Mummy GO became a viral sensation on social media over sermons propagating unorthodox moral standards. The clergy, in an interview with BBC Pidgin, addressed the…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian Army soldiers and seven illegal miners were killed in a clash over huge gold nuggets at Magama, a border village in Katsina State’s Jibiya Local Government Area. The clash took place on Wednesday around 6 p.m., according to the DAILY NIGERIAN, after artisanal miners discovered large gold nuggets in one…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid, Chelsea and other suitors have reportedly been told to “fork” out €80 million to land Napoli goal machine, Victor Osimhen. A report by Catalan outlet El Nacional, Serie A giants said Napoli will be demanding €80 million if they are forced to part ways with Osimhen. Real Madrid and Chelsea are…
