LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Drexel University professor blew nearly $200,000 of federal grant money in strip clubs and on other ‘improper purchases’, prosecutors revealed Monday. For more than a decade, Dr. Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, 56, reportedly misappropriated funds issued by the Navy, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation, to pay off hefty…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Frontline Maritime journalist ,Mr . Godfrey Bivbere narrowly escaped death on Lagos waters while traveling from Agbara to Liverpool in Apapa , Lagos. Bivbere, a staff of Vanguard Newspaper and 22 other passengers, on Wednesday morning , fortunately got rescued when speed boat they were travelling on suddenly capsized in the middle…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Swiss authorities have filed a suit against Nigeria at the international court over the detention of its vessel, San Padre Pio. The Nigerian navy in Bonny, Rivers state, had arrested the ship on January 23, 2018 as the oil tanker, registered with canton Vaud shipping company ABC Maritime, and its crew members…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Thursday, senior leaders from the U.S. Africa Command and the Nigerian Navy, representatives of maritime forces from the Gulf of Guinea, Europe, North and South America, as well as regional and international organizations, gathered in Lagos for the opening ceremony of the 2019 Obangame Express. Now in its ninth year, Obangame…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Luxury bus drivers have said their lives are in danger during this Christmas season following incessant attacks on their members by hoodlums on the highways. The Chairman of National Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria, Mr. Joseph Ejiofor, disclosed this on Thursday at a press conference in Onitsha, Anambra State. He…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)- No fewer than 149 soldiers were reported to have been penalised for violating a section of the guidelines of a newly-introduced social media code of ethics for members of the Nigerian military. The affected service members, majority of whom are non-commissioned officers, were accused of uploading pictures of themselves in military…
