LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has revealed details of his arrest and questioning following his release by the Department of State Services (DSS) after a 15-hour detention. It can be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja just as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The rumour mill has been churning with reports that former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, was allegedly arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) at his home in Anambra. However, these claims have been swiftly debunked by Mr. Obi’s media adviser, Valentine Obienyem. In a statement released…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Grammy-nominated artists Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 will release their new song “Stand Well Well” on streaming platforms September 10. It is a scorching Afrobeat track inspired by English author Aldous Huxley’s 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World, which is set in a futuristic world where citizens are arranged into social hierarchy…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 provisions of transiting assets from the Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) into PIA terms, the NNPC Ltd and its Joint Venture (JV) partner, Chevron Nigeria Ltd (CNL), have concluded the conversion of five of its JV assets into the PIA terms. Under the new…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on Monday took to X.com to voice their outrage against some members of the Nigeria Police Force, accusing them of exploiting illegal methods like mounting checkpoints and stop-and-search operations to extort travellers during long-distance trips on major highways. Despite the Force Headquarters’ Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, urging travellers to refuse…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The head of El Salvador’s police force and a man arrested on charges of a multi-million-dollar embezzlement were among the nine people killed when the military helicopter in which they were travelling crashed, authorities said on Monday. Police Director Mauricio Arriaza was escorting the former head of a credit union, Manuel…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits in their large numbers have kidnapped two nurses and an unspecified number of patients from the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, eastern part of Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna State. The hoodlums were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, at 9:00 am on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The man accused of killing Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei by dousing her in petrol and setting her alight has also died, according to the hospital where they were both treated. Cheptegei’s former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, died at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret on Monday night after being admitted…
