LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON,Dr Joseph Odumodu has said that the Agency is ready to tackle issues of fake and substandard products coming into Nigeria, with the approval of African Continental Free Trade Agreement, ACFTA, by government. The SON boss made this known through his representative, Engineer Enebi Olutoye…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rumours have resurfaced linking Super Eagles rising star Samuel Chukwueze with a departure from Villarreal. Gol Digital says Barcelona remain interested in signing PSG forward Neymar, with Ousmane Dembelé struggling with injuries since his move to the Camp Nou from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2017. The Spanish champions would have…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Vincent Izuchukwu Ezeocha has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $22,250 online from a victim in Acadiana, Louisiana, in the United States, the Attorney General Jeff Landry said Tuesday. Ezeocha, 27, was arrested on one count of bank fraud, one count of felony theft, and one count of money…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Immediate Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday failed again to appear before the House of Assembly ad-hoc Committee probing the activities of the last administration, especially the purchase of 820 buses for mass transit. The 16-man committee is chaired by Hon. Fatai Mojeed. Also absent was the immediate past Commissioners for Finance,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The woman killed at “Tarzan” star Ron Ely’s home has been identified as his wife of 35 years, Valerie Lundeen, authorities said. The Elys’ son Cameron has been named as the murder suspect. Cameron was fatally shot by responding officers Tuesday evening. The homicide occurred in Hope Ranch, a suburb outside Santa…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Counsel to Fred Ajudua, a Lagos socialite accused of defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, on Wednesday raised probing questions on the source of the $8.4million that Ajudua allegedly collected from Bamaiyi. Addressing an Ikeja High Court, Ajudua’s lawyer, Mr Olalekan Ojo (SAN), disputed Bamaiyi’s…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday asked the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on federal roads due to their deplorable conditions across the country. The move followed a motion by Senator Geshom Bassey, who called the attention of his colleagues in the upper arm of the National…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the state will pay its workers above the N30,000 new national Minimum Wage. Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council paid him a courtesy…
