LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman, has threatened to take legal action against SaharaReporters over the newspaper’s report implicating her in bribe scandal. In a statement she personally signed, the managing director demanded a retraction or show proof that she gave $2million bribe to the national chairman of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Has Started Investigations Into An Alleged Misappropriation Of N2.5 Billion Seed Grant Released To Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) By The Federal Government For Its Digital Switch-over Programme. The Minister Of Information And Culture, Lai Mohammed, And The Director General Of The NBC,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Undoubtedly, the political battle, in days leading to the 2019 general elections, is going to be ferociously contested. The political players are currently leaving no stone unturned in order to secure victory at the polls. They are all mobilizing the necessary arsenals to ensure their ultimate success in the political battle. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, says he will sell the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and retain just 10 per cent of the company for the Federal Government. Atiku said this in an interview with The African Report, a monthly publication. Atiku, who presided over the National Council…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More politicians are ditching the ‘broom’ for the ‘umbrella’ as Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, a former Nigerian Ambassador to Mali, Soni Abang, and Barr. Tony Odey, among thousands of others, have dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State on Thursday. Until his defection yesterday,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal Friday reduced jail terms earlier this year slammed on former Taraba State Governor, Mr. Jolly Nyame and his Plateau State counterpart, Senator Joshua Dariye. While the14-year imprisonment by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Nyame, was reduced to 12…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has declared that incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari cannot legally double as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. The court made the declaration Thursday while giving judgment in a suit filed last year by a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN). Agbakoba had,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 20th November 2018 as public holiday to mark the Eid-El Maulud celebration. This was announced by the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen (rtd) Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Tuesday in a statement signed by the permanent secretary, Dr. M.B Umar. He urged all Muslim faithful to align themselves…