LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, to address the current insecurity in the country with immediate effect. The former Governor of Anambra State in a statement via X on Tuesday expressed deep concern over what…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Convener of the National Consultative Front (NCFront), Professor Pat Utomi has said that the reasons for Nigeria’s current economic challenges is due to the fact that the Nigerian state was constructed by politicians not to serve the best interest of the people, but to encourage corruption. The Professor made this assertion…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two police inspectors have been arrested and dismissed for armed robbery, illegal duty, and corruption by the leadership of the Zone 2 Police in Lagos State. The police at the zone are also on the trail of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ajayi Victor, who was also allegedly part of the criminal…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has lamented Nigeria’s level of corruption and the impact on its citizens. Reacting on Sunday via X, Obi decried that corruption is now a threat to the existence of Nigeria and the democracy, peace and progress of the country. Having observed…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), formerly Nigerian Prisons Service, has written to President Bola Tinubu to complain about alleged corruption and poor remuneration in the service. According to the aggrieved official, the NCS personnel were being poorly paid and treated unfairly unlike their colleagues in other departments at the…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Zambia have arrested former President Edgar Lungu’s son and daughter-in-law on charges of money laundering and possessing property believed to be proceeds of crime worth more than $5 million. Lungu’s Patriotic Front Party has described the move as continued persecution of Lungu’s family by the government. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga…
By Francess Otome LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- What is corruption? According to the definition used by the world bank, “It is the abuse of public power for private benefit.” A more neutral definition is that corruption is the intentional non compliance with arm’s length relationship aimed at deriving some advantage from this behavior for oneself…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No doubt security checkpoints are present at every airport as they allow airlines and airports verify the absence of prohibited items in the cabin and ensure the safety of all passengers. Check points are required for access to the boarding hall and the plane. In airports across the world, an average passenger…