LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The newly promoted Commissioner of Police, Damian Okoro, has warned officers at the Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, to shun corruption or be shown the way out of the force. Okoro gave the warning on Sunday at Ikoyi, Lagos, while decorating 27 officers who were recently promoted by the Police Service Commission. The…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari launched his on the three-pronged promises of securing the lives and properties of Nigerians, restoring the economy, and fighting corruption. Three years down the line, several top former political office holders have been sent to jail, in fulfillment of the current administration’s avowed determination to fight corruption head-on. Prominent…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Monday said he would like to visit Nigeria, describing it as an “amazing country.” Mr Trump spoke while receiving President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. “Well, I would like very much to visit Nigeria. It is an amazing country. In certain ways, I hear from the standpoint…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), have received petitions on monumental corrupt practices against the current Director General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Engr. Mustapha Maihaja. The new revelation is coming after a public hearing of House of Representatives…
BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMI. LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is a deep-seated teaching within the religious circle that for a man to exist, comprehends, exercise and act; he must depend on a supernatural gift called grace. Such ‘grace’ for political decisiveness seems to have been recently released upon our nation’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo as he…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Oluwadamilare, Special Assistant Media to Mr. Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications, has accused his boss of greed and wickedness. Mr. Oluwadamilare made the allegations in a letter to the minister. The former spokesperson in letter dated MARCH 12TH, said Mr. Adebayo owes him the sum of N13million in emoluments from November…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to eschew nepotism and encourage the culture of merit. Obi was speaking at the weekend during the public presentation of “One Faith, Many Tongues: Managing Diversity in the Church in Nigeria”, written by Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, the Papal Nuncio…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has reacted to the new report by Transparency International (TI), revealing that corruption in Nigeria worsened between 2016 and 2017 Nigeria ranked 148 out of 180 countries assessed in 2017 on the Transparency International annual Corruption Perception Index, showing deterioration in perception of corruption in public administration in Nigeria compared…