LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Spokesman for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, has described the allegations in the petition sent to the Department of State Services by his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress PCC, Festus Keyamo, as “baseless.” Tanko’s reaction is coming hours after Keyamo wrote to the DSS accusing the…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has again returned the Customs and Excise Management Act amendment bill to the National Assembly for the second time. The bill, which was sent to the president for assent in July 2022 was first returned with fundamental observations which were corrected by the lawmakers and returned to him. The…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Travellers and travel stakeholders have expressed mixed feelings over the reduction of Basic Travelling Allowance and Personal Travel Allowance (BTA/PTA) to $2000 from $4000. The development which took effect immediately is said to have disrupted the travel plans of some travellers amidst pressure at the black market. With the new policy, Form…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two men, Taiwo Oluwadahunsola and Adebola Adetayo, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly laundering the sum of N999 million. A company, Green Eagles Agribusiness Solution Limited, was also arraigned alongside the defendants on a 19-count charge, bordering on money laundering, conspiracy…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A family of five, including three school children, Thursday, escaped gunshot by the whisker as officers of Nigeria Customs Service went on the rampage early in the morning in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The school children were being conveyed to school by their mother simply identified as Mrs Obaji, when the…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister Of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has called on all Muslim faithful to pray for Nigeria in the holy month of Ramadan. Sambo while sharing the Ramadan goodwill message urged members of the public to share love among themselves, especially with the less privileged, and pray for our dear Nation…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and a medical middleman have been found guilty of trafficking a man to Britain to provide a kidney, a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Thursday. Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Nigerian doctor Obinna Obeta, 51, were convicted in a British…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Aggrieved Labour Party and its candidates have filed 25 petitions before the Lagos national and state assembly elections petitions tribunal. The petitions were pasted on the wall of the Rosaline Omotosho Courthouse Ikeja, venue of the tribunal sitting. In one of the petitions, the candidates of the Labour Party for the House…
