http://ift.tt/2l3nXu0 LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Republic of China said it had arrested 3,339 fugitives who fled to Nigeria and 89 other countries to escape prosecution for corruption. This was revealed by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Zhou Pingjian, who stated that 628 of the suspects were former officials from whom N468bn (9.36bn yuan)…
http://ift.tt/2gp3F9j LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Majority shareholder of maritime logistics company, Intels Nigeria Limited, Gabriele Volpi, apologised to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria government over the crisis that led to termination of the company’s pilotage agreement. In an interview with ThisDay newspaper, Mr Volpi who co-founded Intels with former vice president, Atiku Abubakar,…
http://ift.tt/2xaYmB4 LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When passengers on board a LAGBUS vehicle en route to Oshodi, Lagos State, left the Sango end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, little did they know that their journey would be cut short by bandits. At the toll gate area, some metres away from the vehicle’s take-off point, some hoodlums stopped the…
http://ift.tt/2xbs9cY LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Crisis has broken out in the All Progressives Congress (APC), with 17 governors plotting to dump National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun. The governors are said to be angry that Oyegun has been running the party with only seven of their colleagues. They may table their grievances at the party’s National Executive Committee…
http://ift.tt/2gr8ijh on LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be identified man on Friday afternoon jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge. The suicide mission has forced officials of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Marine Police and other stakeholders to the scene to search for the man. Details…
http://ift.tt/2inxxap Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is to lead industry titans including Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, to the maiden edition of Alaghodaro Investment Summit, to be hosted by the Edo State Government, in Benin City, beginning on November…
http://ift.tt/2yVfW0y CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), default quality LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Senate has rejected a recommendation to blacklist two newspapers from covering its activities, following a petition by Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan. Lawan had complained that two newspapers allegedly reported that angry youths prevented him from gaining access to his constituency. The…
http://ift.tt/2l0x6nm IGP Idris LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, simply identified as Adebayo, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly abducting five children four days after moving into Isheri Olofin community in the State. Indeed, the suspect was squatting with a friend. The five kids have been rescued from Adebayo….
