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http://ift.tt/2yn0Mk4 LAGOS OCTOBER 16H (NEWSRANGERS)-Former minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has told the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and other world bodies that corrupt public officials in Nigeria are now floating Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, so as to give those in power corridors a fake clean bill of health on transparency and open government. She…

http://ift.tt/2ynpOPH LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGER)-– A Federal High Court Lagos, on Monday, overruled a no-case submission by former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, charged with N2.6 billion fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on December 4, 2015, arraigned Akpobolokemi alongside five others, for allegedly…

http://ift.tt/2wXID8n IGP Idris LAGOS CTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 14-year-old girl, Chidinma Iheoma, and five others suspected to be cult members have been arrested for allegedly beheading a man, Oguegbu Ofurum, for ritual purposes. Iheoma and the others – Lekwuwa Ogbuji, Ikechukwu Amaechi, and Clement Onyema – were arrested by operatives of the Imo State Police Command….

http://ift.tt/2ih9Lgh LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man who stabbed a father-of-two to death on a busy high street has been jailed for 18 years. Abraham Omotoso, 27, of Tudor Gardens, Harrow, plunged a knife into the chest of 34-year-old Mohamed Al-Zufairi in High Street, Wealdstone in February this year. Mr Al-Zufairi had been waiting outside…

http://ift.tt/2geNL1g LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Kingdom Summit 2017 of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), blamed the Churches for not speaking against corruption. Osinbajo, who was at the Kings Court Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Sunday, remarked that corruption in the country still existed because the church had failed…

http://ift.tt/2kSfk5k Juliana Francis LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGES)-Nigerian youths have been warned to avoid consumption of illicit drugs and other social vices in order to escape dreadful consequences. The warning was made at a one-day interactive session tagged, ‘Youths Against Crimes in Nigeria,’ held at New Telegraph office, ACME, Ikeja, Lagos State, organised by Juliana Francis…

http://ift.tt/2gmqy0C LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Liberia’s electoral commission on Sunday, announced that former footballer, George Weah and incumbent Vice-President, Joseph Boakai, will face each other in a runoff vote for the presidency in November. National Elections Commission chairman, Jerome Korkoya, told journalists that 1,550,923 votes had been counted and turnout was at 74.52%. Weah has taken…

http://ift.tt/2yohyMU LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) Leaders Council has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Delta State House of Assembly to commence processes for the immediate impeachment of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over alleged corrupt practices. Addressing reporters over the weekend at Agbor, headquarters of Ika South Local Government Area of…