LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged illegal financial dealings and misappropriation of funds. Yari, who was arrested on Tuesday by operatives of the anti-graft agency, was taken to the Sokoto office of the commission where he was detained…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A bill seeking to create a database for cows is currently being considered on the floor of the senate. The bill for an Act to ‘establish national livestock and management (protection, control and management etc) bureau’ is being sponsored by Bima Enagi (APC, Niger South) and it scaled a second reading on…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesia’s navy is searching for a submarine that went missing north of the resort island of Bali with 53 people on board, the military said Wednesday. Military chief Hadi Tjahjanto said the KRI Nanggala 402 was participating in a training exercise when it missed a scheduled reporting call. The submarine is believed…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali, has ordered an immediate withdrawal of senior police officers attached to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The development signals a simmering hostility between the two law enforcement agencies with a longstanding history of collaboration that has helped the anti-graft agency to meet its personnel needs…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-All six Premier League teams involved in the European Super League have now withdrawn from the competition. Manchester City were the first club to pull out after Chelsea had signalled their intent to do so by preparing documentation to withdraw. The other four sides – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham –…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chelsea are set to withdraw from the European Super League after a furious backlash against the controversial plan, according to British media reports on Tuesday. Chelsea were one of 12 leading European clubs to sign up to the breakaway league on Sunday. But reaction to the incendiary scheme has been scathing, with…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad’s president of three decades died of wounds suffered during a visit to front-line troops battling a shadowy rebel group, the military announced Tuesday, as the insurgents vowed to take the capital in what could become a violent battle for control of the oil-rich Central African nation. The military quickly named President…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, yesterday, flagged off a two-day retreat on ‘Effective Management for Nigerian Navy Operational Efficiency.’ Speaking at the opening ceremony of the retreat, Vice Admiral Gambo stated that the retreat was auspicious as it would focus the navy on the role of decision making,…
