LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s oldest aviation company, Aero Contractors, has slashed its airfares to a minimum of N80,000 for local flights during Yuletide season. The airline’s managing director, Ado Sanusi, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, on Tuesday, described the cut in the price of airfares as ‘pocket friendly’ saying it was aimed to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell companies in Nigeria are among more than 700 oil and gas entities taking part in the 13th edition of the Practical Nigerian Content forum in Yenagoa, where they restated their commitment to the development of Nigerian companies through contract awards and scaling up of expertise. The four-day conference with the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The kidnappers, who abducted three members of staff of Innoson Motors from his motorcycle showroom in Nnewi Town, Anambra State, may now be in a dilemma on what to do with the victims after Innoson boss, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, snubbed them over demand of N150m ransom for the release of the staff. …
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Fire Service on Monday said it had begun a probe into the fire incident which killed a Customs officer attached to the Oyo/Osun Command, Tijani Kabiru, his wife and four children in their house in Ede. The incident which occurred in Akankan Area of Ede in the early hours…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would lift “emergency martial law” soon after the opposition-controlled parliament voted against it. “Just a moment ago, there was a demand from the National Assembly to lift the state of emergency, and we have withdrawn the military that was deployed for martial law operations,”…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Muhammad Lawal Shuaibu, a Presiding Judge at the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division, on Monday urged anti-corruption agents to focus on larger figures involved in corrupt practices, rather than targeting “yahoo boys.” Justice Shuaibu made this call during the opening of the North West Zonal Attorney General’s Anti-Corruption Forum (AGAF), organized…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oba of Benin, HRM Ova Ewuare II, has approved the 2024 program of activities for the annual Igue festival, also known as ‘Ugie’. During this festival, funeral celebrations are not permitted in Benin. In a statement, the Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Mr. Frank Irabor, conveyed that the monarch…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 229 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force were killed between January 2023 and October 2024, Daily Trust investigations have revealed. The officers were killed by bandits, hoodlums, gunmen, Boko Haram terrorists, cultists and armed robbers across the country. In 2023 alone, 118 police officers of various ranks were killed;…
