LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS) – The Committee set up by Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to verify workers without Bank Verification Number (BVN) said it uncovered 596 dead officers on the government payroll. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Adamu Gumba, disclosed this at a news conference in Bauchi on Monday. “In the process…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has accused National Assembly members of stealing billions of naira in the name of constituency projects. The ICPC, in a report tagged “Constituency Projects Tracking Group”, tracked 424 projects from 2015-2018 constituency projects between June and August 2019 across the 12 states of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 28 persons said to be members of the same family were reportedly burnt beyond recognition in a fatal auto crash that occurred on the Bauchi-Ningi federal highway in Bauchi State. The PUNCH learnt that the crash occurred in the early hours of Thursday. Speaking to our Correspondent in a…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has felicitated with Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Samuel Ortom of Benue State, both of whom won re-election during last Saturday’s supplementary governorship elections. “These victories, which I expected and which are…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to extend its exploration to six basins in the country. Buhari gave the directive at Barambu town in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the Bauchi state while flagging-off the commencement of drilling activities at Kolmani-II Oil Well, Gongola Basin, Upper Benue…