LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In an effort to check incessant incidents of kidnapping along the Benin-Lagos highway, the Edo State Police Command, yesterday, deployed five bulldozers to commence the clearing of a section of the forest along the road. The state Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Abubakar, disclosed that the forest is to be cleared 50 metres…
The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) impounded 21 vehicles and arrested nine drivers for driving against traffic (one-way). The enforcement team of the Agency led by the Chairman, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi impounded these 21 vehicles and arrested 9 drivers around ‘Cele’ and ‘Iyana-Isolo’ bus-stops along Oshodi-Mile 2 expressway….
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The helicopter carrying billionaire coal tycoon Chris Cline, his daughter Kameron, and five others in the Bahamas was only up in the air for a minute before it spiraled out of control and crashed on the Fourth of July, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, who on Wednesday released a preliminary…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria have moved up to 33rd place in the Fifa World Rankings released on Thursday for the month of July. On the back of their bronze-winning feat in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Eagles climbed 12 places from their 45th position in June, accruing 1481 points. After finishing second…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Presidential Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIPR) says it is investigating three permanent secretaries over alleged corruption and abuse of office. Chairman of the panel, Okoi Obono-Obla, said one of the permanent secretaries bought a house in Asokoro, Abuja, for over N500 million. At a press briefing…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday revealed that Nigeria was ready to work with the new British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, Buhari said, “In Nigeria, we respect the choice of British people and we are ready to work with…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed happiness over the emergence of Boris Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain, saying it was a happy climax to what appeared to be a major leadership issue, with the lesson that contestants should maturely sort…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has disengaged over 2,000 beneficiaries of one of its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), N-Power. NSIP spokesman Justice Bibiye said the beneficiaries were dismissed for absconding duties at their places of primary assignment (PPA) for a long time. N-Power was introduced in 2016 by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration…
