http://ift.tt/2hTlIoc LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NERANGERS)-Key oil industry associations have begun moves for the removal of the Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources since his loyalty to his boss and the country can no longer be guaranteed. The Unions are: The National Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, the Petroleum Tanker…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edwin Clark, who is the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against reintroducing Rural Grazing Areas (RUGA) in the country. It is reported that Mr Buhari had approved the creation of Ruga settlements for herdsmen across the nation without stakeholders carried along. Although it is said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, on Saturday, said 60 personnel have so far been sacked after they were either caught receiving or giving bribes. The official also said he once disguised as a cleaner in order to catch corrupt officials. Mr Babandede told the BBC Hausa Service…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A magistrates’ court in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, on Thursday ordered the detention of a 56-year-old pastor named Emmanuel Adebayo in connection with the alleged murder of Toyin Olatunji, 50. Pastor Emmanuel Adebayo of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) was detained at the Corecctional home in relation to the…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances has ballooned to N15.51tn, rising by 2,286 per cent in six years, data collated from the CBN have shown. The N15.51tn owed by the Federal Government to the central bank is not part of the country’s…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has joined the party ahead of the September guber poll. THEWILL recalls that Obaseki on Monday announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC), three days after, the party’s screening committee disqualified him from partaking in its primaries….
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), has fined the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), N500 million over inaccuracy and irregularities in its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Council also suspended the FRC registration number- FRC/2017/CIANG/00000016699 of the NIMASA Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Grammy-nominated artists Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 will release their new song “Stand Well Well” on streaming platforms September 10. It is a scorching Afrobeat track inspired by English author Aldous Huxley’s 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World, which is set in a futuristic world where citizens are arranged into social hierarchy…