LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Health through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has formally announced the inclusion of three new laboratories into the national yellow fever/measles/rubella laboratory network. In a statement made available to NewsRangers, the Ministry said the new the three new laboratories are the University of Benin Teaching Hospital,…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The hearing of the appeals of Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano States, including four other governors was suspended by the Supreme Court on Monday. Other governors, whose appeals were affected are Emeka Ihedioha (Imo), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Simon Lalong (Plateau), and Samuel Ortom (Benue). Before the apex…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has detained a Brigadier-General, Charles Nengite, after the discovery of $16 million in a bank account belonging to his wife by the United States. The General is currently being detained by the Special Investigations Bureau, a department in the Nigerian Army that handles matters relating to fraud and money…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS) — Last month, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva declared 2020 as the Year of Gas for the West African Nation. In line with this initiative, the Minister and the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, led by Nigeria’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Larry Ehizo, a Customer Service Officer of a first-generation bank in Abuja, has told the police how he got involved in last Saturday’s failed bank robbery attack in Mbappe, a surburb in the Federal Capital of Territory. Larry who was paraded before newsmen at the FCT police command headquarters, said the mastermind…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The unsuccessful Mpape, Abuja robbery suspects that were arrested yesterday after being circled in First bank for some hours before police arrived have been paraded and they made shocking revelations. According to media report, the inside man for the Abuja money heist appears to be the branch manager of the First Bank…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A ghastly motor accident which reportedly occurred on Wednesday December 25, claimed the lives of a Nigerian man, his wife and three kids. Samson Adetunji was travelling for the Christmas holiday with his wife, Opeyemi, their two sons and daughter when the tragic incident occurred. Eyewitnesses alleged that the family of five were…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six employees of the Leadership Group Limited have dragged their employers to court demanding N10 billion for defamation following publications describing as thieves. The company had at different dates this month published the names of Olusunle John, Hannatu Dickson, Gloria Raphael, Onyinyechi Ogbonna, Yusuf Adebayo and Gloria Okwum declaring them wanted. The…