LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Presidential Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIPR) says it is investigating three permanent secretaries over alleged corruption and abuse of office. Chairman of the panel, Okoi Obono-Obla, said one of the permanent secretaries bought a house in Asokoro, Abuja, for over N500 million. At a press briefing…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday revealed that Nigeria was ready to work with the new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, Buhari said, “In Nigeria, we respect the choice of British people and we are ready to work with…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed happiness over the emergence of Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain, saying it was a happy climax to what appeared to be a major leadership issue, with the lesson that contestants should maturely sort…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has disengaged over 2,000 beneficiaries of one of its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), N-Power. NSIP spokesman Justice Bibiye said the beneficiaries were dismissed for absconding duties at their places of primary assignment (PPA) for a long time. N-Power was introduced in 2016 by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits on Tuesday evening blocked the Ajebo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and kidnapped three persons. The Chief Medical Director of the Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr. Oladipupo Sule, in an interview with The PUNCH on Wednesday said his son, Kayode and two members of staff of the hospital were…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Muhammed, has moved into the Ovia forest with a team of joint security comprising army, police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to fish out the alleged Fulani herdsmen said to be using the forest as their kidnapping abode. As at yesterday evening, the herdsmen/kidnappers were…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued operating licence to three new banks to operate in the country. The new banks are Titan Trust Bank Limited, TAJ Bank Limited and Globus Bank Limited. According to the apex bank, Titan Trust and Globus Bank will operate as commercial lenders while TAJ Bank…
By Esin Suji LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the saddest and indeed alarming commentaries about the management of public affairs in Nigeria is the recurring decimal of failed leadership since the formal attainment of political independence in 1960. While the country has had all manner of administrations at the local, sub-national and federal levels over…
