http://ift.tt/2yafd7q LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All On, an independent impact investing company, has made its first set of transactions aimed at facilitating increased access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy sources for low income households, SME’s, and communities. Seeded with funding from Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), All On works with partners to increase access to commercial…
http://ift.tt/2iD0Z8z Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government says it is going all out to enforce tax laws and payment by all defaulters, as only about 600,000 are up to date in terms of compliance. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde, in a statement on Monday,…
http://ift.tt/2zBC14t LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italian prosecutors have commenced investigations into the deaths of 26 Nigerian women whose bodies were recovered at sea, BBC reported on Monday. The victims, who are mostly teenagers, aged 14-18, are believed to have been sexually abused and murdered as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean. Following several rescues, their bodies…
http://ift.tt/2yaIDSY Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-For the second time in two years, Bayelsa State? has emerged overall best in the National Festival for Arts and Culture ?(NAFEST) competition which came to a climax last Saturday. Kaduna and Lagos stares came second and third respectively while Delta and Ogun states were joint…
http://ift.tt/2m00fiY LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The recently concluded Global Nutrition Summit 2017 (http://APO.af/kpSRbS), held in Milan, Italy, convened governments, international agencies, foundations, civil society organisations and businesses to accelerate the global response to malnutrition, an underlying cause of nearly half of all global child deaths. A major highlight of the Summit was the pledge by the…
http://ift.tt/2yclwrj LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and the Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, have descended into a major tax avoidance scandal in Europe following revelations that they most likely skipped the payment of about £11million value added tax while importing luxury jets into the European…
http://ift.tt/2yDsHNg Ian Squire, an optometrist, killed by kidnappers in Delta community LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British aid worker kidnapped last month in southern Nigeria has been killed, while three other hostages have been freed, says the Foreign Office. Ian Squire, an optometrist, was one of four Britons working for a medical charity in the Niger…
http://ift.tt/2AeJtPf Ekweremadu LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the people and Government of Enugu State on the successful conduct of the November 4, 2017 Local Government election in the State, describing it as the best council election in Nigeria’s recent history. Ekweremadu, who commended the State Government…