LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has reacted to the new report by Transparency International (TI), revealing that corruption in Nigeria worsened between 2016 and 2017 Nigeria ranked 148 out of 180 countries assessed in 2017 on the Transparency International annual Corruption Perception Index, showing deterioration in perception of corruption in public administration in Nigeria compared…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to rid the nation of the infamous activities of the Wonder Banks Operators, popularly known as the Ponzi scheme, the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Twenty-seven suspected operators of illegal financial institutions. The suspects who were raided and arrested from different…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, accusing him of sabotage. According to TheCable, Bola Tinubu accused Oyegun of sabotaging his Presidential assignment of reconciling aggrieved members. Tinubu said Oyegun contravened the discussion they both had at the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The corpses of two missing Dapchi schoolgirls who were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists on Monday, in Yobe state, have been recovered by the Nigerian military. Their bodies were recovered during rescue operation, according to Reuters. Recall that Boko Haram terrorists had on Monday, attacked the Government Girls Science Technical College…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of efforts to improve on the credibility and tamper proof exercise, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has prohibited sixteen (16) items in the coming examination for all registered candidates. In a document made available to PRNigeria, the examination body said candidates who intend to seat for the upcoming examination…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced a police officer, Mrs. Ngozi Onwuka, to three months imprisonment over visa fraud. Onwuka was charged before Hon. Justice Mojushola Dada, by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on a one-count bordering on making false statement to a constituted…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government over what it perceives as an attempt to censor the media. This was revealed on Thursday in a statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who faulted the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for urging the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Yobe state Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, has faulted the claim by the Nigerian Army that it rescued some of the girls of the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe state, who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on Monday. It would be recalled that on Wednesday night, Abdullahi Bego, Spokesman to…