LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Alhaji Musiliu Adeola Kunbi Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police has formally resigned his appointment. His resignation which has been accepted by Mr. President takes immediate effect. Alhaji Smith retired on health grounds. Following his resignation and in pursuant to Schedule 2(4) sub-section 2(2)…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has splashed N200m on Team Nigeria’s athletes to the just-concluded World Athletic Championship in Oregon, USA and Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK. Speaking at a special reception organised for the athletes at the State House in Abuja on Thursday, President Buhari announced N200 millon reward for Team Nigeria contingent…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said Thursday, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa’s largest economy. The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported in its latest consumer price index that inflation rose to 20.5% in August, up from 19.6% in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Inspector General of Police of Nigeria (IGP) Musiliu Smith has resigned as the Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC). PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani confirmed his resignation Ani said Smith’s resignation was on health grounds and President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted it. Ani said: “Yes he resigned on his own on medical grounds…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abducted Imo monarch, Eze Joel Udenkwo, the traditional ruler of Umudi in Nkwere Local Government Area of the State has escaped from captivity. The monarch who narrated how he escaped from his abductors on Monday at a forest in Okwu , Ikeduru council area said he took advantage of the dizziness of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians to be wary of the source of income of other candidates in the coming election. In a video trending on social media, Obi said bad behavior had become a measure of success in Nigeria, stressing that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-London-based Vlogger, Ms Maureen Badejo is in the news again. But this time, for the bad as she has again lost an appeal against mounting Court rulings against her in respect to several defamatory statements she had made against Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Folashade Olukoya. Dr. Olukoya is…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, described as “barbaric and condemnable,” the shooting in Anambra State at the convoy of the Senator representing Anambra South District, Ifeanyi Ubah. According to a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said…
