LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vision First initiative of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has continued to impact lives across Nigeria with more than 10,000 people benefitting from outreaches since its inception in 2022. The latest outreach holds this week in Badagry Local Government Area…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 52-year-old man and hunter, Ugoegu Nwaji, a native of Onunwakpu Igbeagu in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has exhumed his late younger brother’s skull and sold it for N12,000. The state Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Francis Nnadi, who paraded him at the headquarters…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has traced over 300,000 dollars, laundered to a suspected internet fraudster. A statement by Mr Dele Oyewale, the Spokesperson of the EFCC on Tuesday in Abuja said the suspect was among the 35 suspects arrested Sunday in Auchi area of Edo. Oyewale said…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the man allegedly behind the scam was arrested in Nigeria. The Toronto Police Service (TPS) was first notified of a crypto scam in the fall of 2021 and began working with various…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pensioner has revealed how a “very convincing” telephone scam cost him £4,000 as he issued a warning to others. Harold Richardson, 75, from Kent, was targeted last July when a fraudster called him up and pretended to be from Microsoft. The scammer falsely told Harold that his computer had been infected…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sweden’s government announced on Thursday that it will significantly increase grants for immigrants who voluntarily return to their home countries, aiming to encourage more migrants to do so. Starting in 2026, immigrants who choose to return will be eligible for up to 350,000 Swedish kronor ($34,000), according to the right-wing government supported…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Deji Adeyanju has slammed those against the planned nationwide protest. The human rights activist said the Naira is almost worthless because of bad policies. He added that the current value of the Nigerian currency is enough to provoke protest. “N100,000 is the new N10,000 and you say people should not protest. The…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Mixed reactions on Thursday trailed the pegging of the new national minimum wage at N70,000 by President Bola Tinubu and the two major labour centres, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). While some respondents said it is grossly inadequate and unsustainable to meet the present economic realities…
