http://ift.tt/2mxyj66 LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-Contrary to insinuations that the Federal Government cancelled the work permits of expatriate workers of Intels and its affiliates, government, yesterday, provided evidence to prove that the action had no political undertones. According to government, the action was based strictly on extant laws guiding operations of the nation’s Export Free Zones….
http://ift.tt/2myRCMB LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday heard how the importer of the 661 pump action rifles attempted to bribe a prosecution witness, Abdulahi Muhammad, with the sum of N8 million. This startling revelation came at the resumed trial of five accused persons charged for illegally importing the weapons into…
http://ift.tt/2j2yHED FROM RIGHT, MR. NSIMA EKERE, MD, NDDC, DR. DIKKO RADDA (MIDDLE) BARR. NATASHA AKPOTE, CEO, BHIIP LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, and Builders Hub Impact Investment Programme, BHIIP, for the establishment of…
http://ift.tt/2yRAofb LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday handed over 52.2 Kilogrammes of Indian-hemp intercepted along Illela-Sokoto road to the officials of National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Sokoto State. Handing over the items to the NDLEA, the custom’s Controller, Mr Nasir Ahmad, said the illicit substances which were carefully concealed…
http://ift.tt/2j2qccW LAGOS NOVEMBER 17H (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian writer and author Chinua Achebe was honored with a Google Doodle on what would’ve been his 87th birthday on Thursday. The Google landing page commemorated Achebes’ lasting contributions with a doodle in likeness of the literary icon, alongside Afro-inspired images derivative of a warrior based society similar to the one…
http://ift.tt/2mxDx1S Godwin Obaseki LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Foremost Ijaw youth organisation, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, has vowed to resist the order by Governor Godwin Obaseki for the arrest of the newly installed Pere of Olodiama Kingdom in Edo state, describing the directives an an open invitation to war between the Ijaws and Benins. The group…
http://ift.tt/2A6E8gM LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil markets edged up on Thursday as expectations that OPEC will extend production cuts at a meeting at the end of this month outweighed rising U.S. crude production and inventories. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $62.06 per barrel at 0742 GMT, up 19 cents, or…
http://ift.tt/2z6L65l Robert Mugabe LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of the African Union said Thursday that the body “will never accept the military coup d’etat” in Zimbabwe, just as Mr Robert Mugabe Mr. Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler despite being hold up in house arrest “We demand respect for the constitution, a…