LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A kidnapping kingpin and notorious armed robber, who recently masterminded the kidnap of the Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Commission along the Abuja-Kaduna, Simaila Sule, is dead. Sule, alias SHAHO, male, estimated be in his mid-30s and a native of Rijana village in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State, was described as…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has demanded N500m and a written apology from an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie, for “spreading lies capable of damaging” his reputation. In a letter addressed to Onochie and signed by Atiku’s…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victoria, the missing daughter of veteran journalist, Senan Murray, has returned home. Murray, who is now the Manager, Corporate and Project Communication of Total Nigeria Plc, announced this on his Facebook wall in the wee hours of Sunday. So also did Murray, who once worked with The PUNCH and British Broadcasting Corporation,…
n LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, continues to receive the N750, 000 salary and N13.5m monthly running cost from the National Assembly, 11 months after his conviction by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, SUNDAY PUNCH report. This implies that his total earnings have risen from N85.5m in…
An electric truck without a driver is being tested for the first time on Sweden‘s roads after the vehicle built by Swedish start-up Einride got permission from the regulator to mix with other traffic within an industrial area. While the first ride for the cab-less vehicle, “T-pod“, on a public road commenced on Wednesday, the…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In reference to the Osun Guber Appeal Court Ruling which was held in Abuja 9th May, The PDP candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke has officially hired about 7 SANS ( senior advocates of Nigeria ), 17 other senior counsels who are set to challenge the judgement at the Supreme Court. .In reference to…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will soon begin the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) on online transactions. The Chairman of the agency, Babatunde Fowler, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Saturday, May 18. Fowler said: “Soon, we…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plans by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu to harness the legal marijuana industry may have hit a brick wall as the Federal Government voiced its disapproval of the scheme. This is in spite of support from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The stance of the FG was voiced by…
