LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2020 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on youths to get themselves involved in learning more skills that will help them in the future, while urging governments to take investments in vocational and technical education more seriously. Obi, who said this…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amidst criticisms by many Nigerians and an opposition leader, the Nigerian government has defended its decision not to allow students in the country take part in this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The education minister, Adamu Adamu, explained the government’s decision last week. He said the government was concerned…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Exactly a week after commercial airlines resumed flight services on Lagos-Abuja route, local airlines are struggling to sustain operations and meet cost as load factor hovers around 40 per cent. The day-one optimism of about 70 per cent traffic across some of the local carriers has waned. Some of the operators complained…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended chairman of the anti-graft agency, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has been released. He was released on Wednesday evening. A family source who asked not to be named informed this newspaper that Mr Magu arrived at his official residence at about 5 p.m. in the Maitama District of the Nigerian capital. Although…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Assembly Service Commission has approved the immediate retirement of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Omolori. This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Chairman of the commission, Ahmed Amshi, on Tuesday. According to the commission, those who have attained the age of 60 or 35 years…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, to seven years in prison for laundering the sum of N1.5 billion. Justice Ibrahim Buba handed down the sentence on Wednesday, after convicting the former NIMASA…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended no fewer than 11 senior officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, as the probe of the shenanigans under the stewardship of disgraced Ibrahim Magu deepened. Authoritative Presidency sources told P.M.News on Tuesday night that EFCC executive Secretary Olanipekun Olukoyede was among the senior officials suspended….
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A nurse, Ayomide Alao, who went missing in the Bariga area of Lagos State, has been found allegedly relaxing in a hotel in the Ipetumodu-Okoku area of Osun State. While in the hotel, it was learnt that Ayomide allegedly refused to respond to calls and messages requesting to know her whereabouts. PUNCH…
