LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for two explosions in Iran that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a memorial for top commander Qassem Soleimani. In a statement posted on its affiliate Telegram channels, the militant Sunni Muslim group said two IS members had detonated explosive belts in the crowd…
LAGOS JANUARU 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A prominent economist and Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, has argued that it is impossible for fuel to sell at N1,200. Making this argument during an interview with Channels Television, Rewane argued that fixing the pump price of fuel at N1,200 will bring the nation’s economy to its…
Dozens of women protesting the recent killings in Plateau State have burned down the house of the District Head of Bokkos town in Bokkos Local Government Area , Michal Monday Adanchi. A source told journalists that the incident occurred around 12:30pm on Friday, January 5. The source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to a recent list released by Forbes Magazine, South African Business Mogul, John Rupert has dethroned Nigerian Aliko Dangote to emerge as the richest man in Africa. In the ranking, Johann Rupert & family’s wealth went from $10.7 billion to $10.3 billion to emerge as Africa’s richest man. This saw Aliko…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Upper Shari’ah Court, on Thursday, issued an order for the arrest of a Customs officer, Yusuf Ismail, alias Mai Biscuit, following his failure to attend court proceedings, concerning a property ownership case filed against him. The presiding judge, Garba Malafa, gave the order pursuant to the prayer by counsel…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday conducted a search operation at the head office of the Dangote Group in Lagos as it widens investigations into the foreign exchange transactions during the tenure of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Our correspondent gathered…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has threatened to shut the nation’s ports from Tuesday, January 9, over the alleged continued refusal of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, and Stevedoring Contractors to comply with the Stevedoring extant laws. In a statement Wednesday night, the President-General of the union, Prince Adewale Adeyanju,…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid speculations of assassination, the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has taken over the investigation into the circumstances that led to the murder of a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Daniel Adefemi Okunade. Okunade, a top ranking officer in the Internal Audit Department of CBN, was shot…
