LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have lamented the failure of the NCS to pay them the full special allowances promised them for border patrol duties. This is despite claims by the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Hameed Ali, that the agency had been generating more than N5bn daily since the borders…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cross-section of Lagos residents have berated the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the terrible condition of roads in the State. They wondered why Sanwo-Olu has not taken any major step towards addressing the bad roads in the state, despite his campaign promises. Reacting to the anger by Lagosians, Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Igbanke General Union (IGU) has commended Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Adamu Mohammed, for siting a police divisional headquarters in Igbanke community. President, Igbanke General Union (Worldwide), Engr. Usiagwu Arthur Osaretin, made the commendation when he led a team of community leaders to donate a patrol vehicle to the new police division….
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Web Summit has just announced that Edward Snowden, American NSA whistleblower, is set to address over 70,000 attendees at Web Summit in Lisbon. This November, Edward Snowden will speak live to the Web Summit audience in Lisbon down the line from Russia where he has been granted temporary asylum. Snowden made news…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed the federal government’s intention to cancel the operational licences of eight power distribution companies over alleged breached of some provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act in July 2019. The Commission listed the eight power firms to include Abuja, Benin, Enugu and Ikeja…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than two persons were reportedly killed and about seven others severely injured in a case of ‘accidental discharge’ by an officer of the Nigerian Police Force. The incident, which happened at the burial ceremony of the late mother of the traditional ruler of Umuakoli Urualla in Ideato North Local Government…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian parliament has passed a reform – with 553 yeas to 14 nays – that would cut the number of lawmakers by over one third. After Tuesday’s vote the number of senators in the Upper House is to drop from 315 to 200, while that of deputies in the Lower House…
A woman. Salome, Tuesday afternoon, lost her one-year-old baby to a child thief while fighting over N200 market levy in Owerri, Imo State. A witness said the woman had dropped her child to struggle over N200 levy imposed on her by some revenue collectors in the Eke Onuwa market, Owerri. After the fight with the…
