LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The monarch of Benin, Omo N’ Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of aiding crimes. Oba Ewuare II, made the allegations when he received the newly deployed Benin Zonal Director of EFCC, Effa Okim, in his Palace in Benin…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate-past Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that one of the reasons why she was persecuted by a former minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was her failure to give him a birthday present. She revealed this in her new book released on Tuesday, titled…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reactions have continued to trail the call by a member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, urging Nigeria to legalise the growing of cannabis sativa, also known as Indian hemp, for its economic benefits. The spokesman of the House made the call in an interview with newsmen in Akure, the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Government has expressed displeasure over the alarming, incessant arrest and deportation of Nigerians from Ghana in the last one year. The position of the Nigerian Government was made known by Ambassador Olufemi Abikoye, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana. Abikoye said this during a meeting with the Comptroller-General of the…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Rita Orji has lamented that the absence of sporting facilities was partly responsible for the rise in drug abuse, cultism, thuggery, and other violent criminal activities. Orji, who is representing Ajeromi/Ifelodun Federal Constituency of Lagos State, maintained that the youths would be engaged in…
Muhammadu Buhari,Shehu Garba, LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not promise an absolute crime-free Nigeria while campaigning for the presidency in 2015. Shehu stated this on Sunday while reacting to criticism triggered by the death of several persons from the herdsmen-farmers crisis…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Government has concluded arrangement to launch a crime control drone system to assist in the prevention of crime and criminality, the State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Chief Blessing Ipigansi-Igbagara, said on Wednesday. The mechanism was developed by an indigenous manpower and technology system in line with the present administration’s…
