LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Centre for Ethics and Self Value Orientation, an NGO, on Monday presented an award of Integrity Icon of Nigeria (IION) to the Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Making the presentation to the vice-chancellor in Lagos, the Executive Director of the NGO, Prince Musa Yakubu ,stated that the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The acting Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris yesterday declared a week-long Customer Service Ceremony at the Headquarters Abuja. A statement signed by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Amos Okpu made available to NewsRangers disclosed that the event which shall be holding across all Commands and Formations including Nigeria Immigration Offices abroad…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 36-year-old mother of four, Mrs Opeyemi Omoyemi, who brutalised and inflicted bodily injuries on her 12-year-old houseboy, Joel Sunday, in Ondo State, for stealing meat has been sentenced to four and half years imprisonment with hard labour. While she got three and a half years imprisonment for causing grievous harm, she…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One Abdulrosheed Dada has reportedly been shot dead by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Ogun State. Dada, who was popularly known as Yoboro, had died after he was shot during an encounter with the NCS operatives on Ayetoro road, near Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. It was gathered that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has revealed damning details of how the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari offered its operatives $61,400 cash and negotiated the release of 25kg seized cocaine. The agency, which declared the suspended Police chief wanted, said its…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have abducted the regional accountant of Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Kano & Jigawa State, Mr Mahassan Lawal. Mr Lawal was kidnapped late on Friday night in his country home of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The officer was whisked away by gunmen who came in their…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular Ghanaian activist who organised protests against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government was charged with treason on Monday after making a comment about organising a coup on social media. Oliver Barker-Vormawor, leader of the #FixTheCountry movement, which held protests in the West African country over economic hardships among other issues, was detained…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A highly decorated police officer in Nigeria has been arrested following accusations he belongs to an international drugs cartel, police say. Abba Kyari, already suspended for allegedly helping self-avowed fraudster Hushpuppi to launder his money in the US, is now accused in a cocaine plot. Officials say Mr Kyari asked a colleague…
