LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, has dragged former world cruiserweight boxing champion, Bash Alli, over alleged defamation of character and disruptive comments. At the weekend, Alli released a video wherein he accused the minister of extorting ‘millions of naira’ from him as part of the process to organise a world boxing title fight…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will, Monday October 25, 2021, depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organized by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) the President will be joined at the 5th edition of…
World Bank Blacklists 18 Nigerian Companies, Individuals For Corruption –Report LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian individuals and firms for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud and collusive practices in its 2021 fiscal year 2021, a new report has revealed. A list of debarred individuals and firms was presented in a new…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) has expressed worry over the serial killings in the country, saying the nation is “sliding into anarchy.” The organisation was reacting to the recent killing of over three traditional rulers in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, bomb attack on Abuja-Kaduna rail track and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection with the fund which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Operation Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the weekend revealed that two import containers cleared from APM Terminals to a bonded terminal in Lagos are currently missing and their whereabouts unknown. Addressing selected journalists in Lagos at the weekend, acting Customs Area Comptroller of the Federal…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A London High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, has ordered Ms. Maureen Badejo to pay a six-figure sum of damages in Pound Sterling “immediately” to both Pastor and Mrs. Daniel Olukoya for her defamatory publications against the couple. The court gave the judgement on Oct. 22, 2021. Pastor Olukoya is General…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft under Operation Hadin Kai have continued their onslaught on terrorist and insurgent targets on islands and localities around the Lake Chad resulting in neutralization of Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters in twenty boats. A statement signed by Nigeria Air Force Public Relation and Information oFFICER, Air Commondore…
