LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There cannot be meaningful economic development in a country bedeviled by insecurity. This was the submission of discussants at the Third Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, held on Friday at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. The discussants, Mr Mike Ejiofor, a former Director General of the Department…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, has granted N100 million bail to Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement. It woud be recalled that the Sowore has been in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since August 3 when he was arrested in Lagos. He was granted the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Department of State Services has arrested former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force, Abdul-Rashid Maina. Maina, who was embroiled in N2.1 billion pension scam was arrested through a joint effort by the EFCC and DSS, sources told SaharaReporters. According to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Mr Olawale Bakare have been remanded in the custody of the DSS. The duo will be remanded in DSS custody pending the hearing of their bail application. They are being arraigned by the Federal Government on seven charges bordering on an…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) and Omoyele Sowore’s lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) are in contention over the continuous detention of Sowore. DSS has said the publisher of Sahara Reporters was still in custody because his legal team had yet to serve it with a copy of the court order granting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the DSS operatives rescued 14 passengers kidnapped by gunmen at Ajeogun Junction between Otan Ile and Imesi Ile in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Abiodun Ige, said all the victims abducted on Sunday evening by gunmen…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, as the keynote speaker at its third annual conference holding on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State. A statement signed by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, confirmed that the…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Joint Inter-Agency Team led by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested 37 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for allegedly extorting money from motorists on Nigerian highways. The Team, comprising officials of ICPC, FRSC and the Department of State Security (DSS) also arrested…
