LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyers for the Nigerian government on Friday filed “new and substantive” allegations of fraud with a British court in its ongoing fight against an arbitration award now worth more than $9 billion, a spokesman for the attorney general said. The government has been fighting efforts by the firm, Process & Industrial Developments…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the public outcry that greeted the hate speech bill, the Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the Senate won’t pass the proposed anti-free speech bills. Lawan made the disclosure in response to a detailed written protest letter against the hate speech bill and anti-social media bill before the senate by the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Six persons have been arrested following a bloody clash between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders in Accra. Three persons, according to the police, were injured during the Monday morning fight at Kwame Nkrumah Circle.The fight follows the closure of shops belonging to some Nigerian traders. Earlier report suggested that the aggrieved Nigerian traders…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African police constable, Austin Reynold, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail by a court for killing a Nigerian man living in that country. Twenty-four-year Reynold was accused of killing Ebuka Okoli in Durban, a coastal city in Kwa Zulu-Natal province in South Africa. The court sentenced the policeman…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up by four spots in the November ranking to place 31st on the ranking table. In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body, FIFA, Nigeria garnered 1493 points as against 1481 points gotten in October. The movement still helped the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A new proposed official residence of the Vice President of Nigeria is yet to be completed and put to use almost a decade after construction started. Apart from the presence of a few security personnel at the site, the building has now been overtaken by weeds and reptiles. The Federal Executive Council…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three Months after winning the coveted awards at the 2019 Society of Petroleum Engineers Conference, energy giant, Shell Companies in Nigeria have now won the most sought-after Best Exhibitor award at the National Association of Petroleum Exploration (NAPE) annual international conference and exhibition held in Lagos between November 19-22, 2019. Shell General…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has charged nuns at the St. Scholastica Benedictine Abbey, Umuoji, Anambra State, to continue to pray for Nigeria that is in serious distress over many years of accumulated leadership failures in the country. Obi gave…