LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane used in fighting Australia wildfire has crashed leaving all passengers on board dead. The water bomber plane crashed while fighting wildfire A water tanker plane battling infernos in Australia has crashed in New South Wales. Three crew members said to be inside the plane have died. The New South Wales…
LAGOS JANUARY23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A proposed law in House of Representatives, seeking to include Lagos on the list of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) States, is in process. The Bill entitled: “A Bill for An Act to Amend the Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC Act 2000, to Provide for the Inclusion of Lagos State in the Commission as…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Abuja has ordered the forfeiture of a staggering N136m found in the account of an army general. A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of $376,120 (estimated at about N136,155,440) allegedly linked to Major General Hakeem Otiki. The court gave the ruling on Wednesday after an…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that most of the officials in the Buhari-led government will not only go to jail but also go to hell if the entire government is investigated for corruption. According to him, this government is by far enmeshed in corruption. He said this in an interview with…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – Thomas Tyavwva Maji is planting rice on more of his land in Nigeria’s Benue State than ever to take advantage of a surge in prices since the country shut its land borders in August. But he says he cannot go much further. With no machinery or irrigation, limited manual labour…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said there was no specific cause for the deadly coronavirus yet. A statement released by the centre said the NCDC was working closely with the World Health Organisation to monitor the spread of the virus. It added that the Federal Ministry of Health had…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Indications emerged yesterday that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may have rejected the new candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC for Saturday’s re-run elections in Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district. Following the appointment of its candidate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio as Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, APC had last month…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has reacted to reports making the rounds on social media of a new method to register for National Identity Number, NIN. Reports emerged on Tuesday that Nigerians could register for NIN with *346# USSD code with the use of BVN. But, the commission in an immediate…
