The Chairman of FBN Holdings (FBNH), Mr Tunde Hassan-Odukale, has been confirmed as the largest single shareholder of the company. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was stated in a letter published on the website of the Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX) on Wednesday. The letter signed by FBNH’s Company Secretary, Mr Seye…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States’ Appeals Court, sitting in Maryland, has given judgment in the case of civil conspiracy of conversion of a branch of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Nevada by its former branch Pastor, Lawrence Adetunji. In a statement, Collins Edomaruse, media aide to MFM General Overseer, said Pastor Adetunji,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are indications that the Federal Government may, in the coming weeks, take punitive measure over the operating licences of some power distribution (DisCos) and generation (GenCos) companies. The Guardian gathered this may not be unconnected with the poor performance by some critical stakeholders in the value chain. While President Muhammadu Buhari…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Nuhu Abok, has been impeached by eight members of the legislative arm of the government. The member representing Pengana Constituency, Yakubu Sanda, was named as the new Speaker. He was removed in the early hours of Thursday by the lawmakers from the ruling…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The passport control officer at the Ikoyi passport office under the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ibrahim Liman, a deputy comptroller of immigration, has been removed. The development is a follow-up to a recent undercover investigation by the NIS acting comptroller general, Isa Idris, who disguised on October…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former senator from Akwa Ibom State, Nelson Effiong, has spent more than 50 days in captivity, since he was abducted by gunmen around September 6 in Uyo. Antai Effiong, a lawyer and younger brother to the former senator, told PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday, that he was yet to be set free by…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Report has revealed that the man who put himself up for sale for N20m has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board. The Commander General of Kano Hisbah Board revealed in BBC Pidgin programme why the man was arrested. Recall that Naija News earlier reported that a young man who is…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected smugglers on Tuesday attacked operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service in Fagbohun village, Idogo/Ipaja, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt that while one of the officers was killed, another was missing. The incident happened when the officers, who were attached to the Federal Operations…
