130 Killed In Iraq, Iran Earthquake, Scores Trapped

http://ift.tt/2mm2xZF LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 130 people were killed in Iran and at least several others in Iraq when a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the region, state media said, as rescuers stepped up efforts overnight to find dozens trapped under rubble. At least 129 people were killed in Iran’s Kermanshah province on…

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3 Nigerians Arrested In Angola Over Alleged Kidnapp Of Chinese, Collection Of $11,700 Ransom

http://ift.tt/2zxzCr3 < LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angolan authorities in Huíla Province in the southwest have arrested three Nigerian nationals allegedly for kidnapping a Chinese, local media confirmed. According to Jornal de Angola, the Nigerians had also robbed the Chinese of $11,700 (Kwanzas 12m) over ransom demand. The Chinese national, a 53-year-old bricklayer, was reportedly kidnapped at…

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SERAP Urges Anti-Corrupton Agencies To Probe Okorocha Over N1bn Statutes

http://ift.tt/2hvQJCx LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has called on the Acting Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Dr. Muhammad Isah and the Acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, to “jointly investigate allegations of incompatibility, apparent conflict of interest…

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Tax Default: Lagos Set To Shut Down Headquarters Of Banks, Other Corporate Org

http://ift.tt/2iQUpeJ Ambode LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it would begin to shut the corporate headquarters of organisations that had defaulted in remitting statutory taxes to the government from November 20, 2017. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinyemi Ashade, who made the disclosure on Sunday in Lagos, said some banks had…

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