LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The US dollar, the much sought after currency in Nigeria slumped by 5.38% on Tuesday at Nigeria’s parallel market, its second successive fall since Friday. At the market today, a dollar sold for N440. The rate was N465 on Monday, meaning the Naira gained N25. The buying rate is even much lower…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten cars and a trailer were razed by fire on Friday when the yard belonging to the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) in the Oshodi area of Lagos State where seized vehicles are kept went up in flames. According to a statement issued over the incident by Nosa Okunbor, Head, Public…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia has insisted that a Northern Governor is Boko Haram’s leader. Mailafia stated this on Wednesday, while speaking with journalists shortly after he was released by the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS detained him for questioning for over six hours…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Thursday awarded N1 million damages against Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) for disconnecting a consumer over unpaid bill by former occupant of the building. Justice Ibidun Harrison described as “unlawful” EKEDC’s refusal to connect the customer to electricity for unpaid bill consumed by a former…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), has issued a two-week ultimatum to airlines, who have sacked or plan to sack their pilots and engineers under the guise of COVID-19, to reverse the decision. Its President, Mr Abednego Galadinma, at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos, said pilots and…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid themselves scholarship grants at a time hundreds of deserving scholarship beneficiaries had not been paid for years and were stranded in different countries, a report has shown. The report by lawmakers joins the other revelations that emanated from the National Assembly’s investigation…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benin monarch Omo N’Oba Nedo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II on Thursday stated his position on political developments in Edo State. He is opposed to imposition (consensus candidate) and god-fatherism, a statement from Benin Palace said. The statement, signed by Frank Irabor, Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council, said there was no…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) appeared to be divided into two factions over the judgment affirming Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s suspension as the National Chairman. A three member panel of justices led by Justice Eunice Onyemenam, had on Tuesday held that Oshiomhole’s appeal challenging his…
