LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Stadium, Abuja, now renamed Moshood Abiola National Stadium, is in a state of disrepair following the failure of the government to maintain the facility, which has been taken over by weeds. Findings indicate that many facilities at the complex, built at a whopping $360m in 2003, had deteriorated while the…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, Professor Nelson Brambaifa, was on Monday invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Also invited for questioning by the EFCC over alleged financial impropriety was the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the NDDC, Chris Oyirindah. It…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sen. Kabiru Gaya(APC-Kano), says he is still in the race for the Deputy President of the Senate. Gaya, who made this known while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said though the All Progressives Congress(APC) had not made its position known on who to endorse for the position, he was optimistic to…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja- based pastor, Egbunu Vincent Onuche, has been arrested for alleged involvement in employment scam. The Pastor of Spirit Embassy church located in Gwagwalada area of Abuja, who was working with one Alhaji, claimed they had connection and could get interested job seekers employment into the Nigeria Immigration Service. The 25-year-old Egbunu…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States embassy in Nigeria has suspended drop box service or interview waiver for those renewing visas in the country. In a statement made available to NewsRangers by United States Embassy Press In Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday said the interview waiver suspension will take effect from Tuesday, May 14, 2019. The…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-Some women in Abuja on Wednesday protested the alleged failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission to obey the order of the Court of Appeal in Abuja permitting the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to inspect the materials used for the February 23 poll. The women, numbering up…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Mass transfer of police officers has hit Lagos State and Abuja police commands In Lagos, no fewer than one thousand one hundred police officers from the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), who have served four years and above in Lagos State Police Command,…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Osun State candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last year’s governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, will be arraigned today in Abuja, the police said last night. According to Force spokesman Frank Mba, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP), the senator was arrested and being detained in connection with ongoing…