LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government through the National Data Protection Commission has slammed Fidelity Bank with a fine of N555.8 million for allegedly violating customer data protection laws. This announcement was made by the commission’s National Commissioner, Vincent Olatunji, at the Validation Workshop on the Nigeria Data Protection Act General Application and Implementation Directive…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Experts in the Nigerian aviation industry have described the acquisition of a new presidential jet, Airbus 330-200, for President Bola Tinubu as a waste of inadequate resources. Experts said that the 15 years old aircraft was more costly to maintain than the Boeing Business Jet (9BBJ) B737 aircraft, which the presidency planned…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Zhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd, the Chinese investment group involved in legal dispute with Nigeria over alleged contract breach by Ogun State government, has concluded plans to list two residential structures in Liverpool it confiscated from the country for sale on global online marketplace eBay. This is as it races to recover…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian soldier, Sergeant Saad Adamu with service number 05NA/56/385 has been arrested for alleged possession of illegal ammunition in Borno State, SaharaReporters can report. Adamu was reportedly found with 485 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and 2 magazines concealed in cartons of dry fish. According to a military signal seen by…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights activist and lawyer to the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chief Femi Falana, has replied to the Nigeria Police on why the President of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, cannot honour the invitation to him to appear at the force headquarters on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, by 10 am. He explained that the…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye, is dead. It was reliably gathered that the Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. A source at the Ogun State…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has declined an invitation from the Nigeria Police Force, citing prior engagements. The rejection was contained in a letter from Ajaero’s lawyers, Falana and Falana Chambers, addressed to the Inspector General of Police. The letter stated that the police invitation, which was…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- A fire sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack on a huge diesel depot in Russia’s southern Rostov region on Sunday has engulfed more fuel storage tanks, news agencies reported on Tuesday citing local authorities. Ukraine often says it is retaliating against Russia’s attacks on its energy infrastructure, while Moscow calls drone…
