http://ift.tt/2CqvIOH LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The security apparatus at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos was on Tuesday once again called to question as a private jet owned by Vistajet was attacked on the runway of the airport. Information gathered by SaharaReporters revealed that the jet with the registration number 9H-VFA operated by EAN on December…
http://ift.tt/2BvkviV David Mark LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives are probing former Senate President David Mark over allegedly billions stolen by him and other leaders of the National Assembly during his tenure. EFCC sources said Mr. Mark, a former military general was invited yesterday to make statements to the commission…
http://ift.tt/2oolAnw su LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians and wounded 150 others with live fire on Friday, medical officials said, as protests over U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital entered a second week. Most of the casualties were on the Gaza Strip border, where thousands of…
http://ift.tt/2AZFHej LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government, yesterday, paid N421 million to the Ikoyi whistleblower, who provided information leading to the discovery of $43.5 million, £27,800 and N23.2 million at No. 16 Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Vanguard exclusively gathered that the money was paid to the beneficiary by officials of the Ministry of Finance after…
http://ift.tt/2C81e3z LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna Division of the National Industrial Court on Thursday stopped the planned sack of 21,780 primary school teachers who failed a competency test organised by the state government. Daily Trust recalls that the lawyer representing the teachers, Samuel Atum, had on October 30 filed a motion of “interlocutory injunction”, asking…
http://ift.tt/2C80VFX LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governors of the 36 states have approved the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account for the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the North-east. The decision was taken during the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Edo…
http://ift.tt/2yv0fbI LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would need the full support of its members in the South West to effectively execute its plan to regain political power in 2019, Chairman of the party’s National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has said. The committee was in the…
http://ift.tt/2AI8s27 LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has maintained that the Bill for an Act for the Establishment of the Non-Governmental Organisations Regulatory Commission, proposed by the House of Representatives, to regulate Non-Governmental Organisations, is apparently orchestrated to repress the voice of the people and subjugate Civil Society groups in…
