LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that it has so far recovered over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly siphoned by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed. The Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this while appearing at the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Charity Commission has granted consent for the University of Cambridge to return 116 artefacts to Nigeria. The objects, known as the Benin Bronzes, were taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897, the university said. The legal ownership of the items will be transferred to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that corruption continues to fight back in the country despite measures deployed by various government agencies to arrest the iniquity. It, however, said the ugly trend of corruption and its attendance consequences might strive as long as Nigerians continue to celebrate corrupt leaders….
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has been listed among African countries whose citizens can now apply for qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom, from February 2023. Other countries to benefit include Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. A publication early December on the UK Government’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 439 foreign-trained medical and dental graduates failed the assessment examination conducted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, The PUNCH has learnt. The two-day assessment examination was conducted on November 23 and November 24, 2022, at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. The council’s Registrar, Dr Tijani Sanusi, disclosed…
By VALENTINE OBIENYEM LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is no longer news that Mr. Peter Obi is the number one news in Nigeria. His popularity is indeed beyond compare. It is evident everywhere, especially when he travelled to the states of America such that any person who seeks to deny that fact is being untruthful to…
LAGOS DECEMBR 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is expecting to take delivery of 54 new air assets, including attack aircraft and helicopters as well as aerial drones, to boost its capabilities to fight insecurity in the country, Chief of Air Staff Marshal Amao said on Thursday. A 13-year-old Islamist insurgency in the northeast and kidnappings for ransom by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister Of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has restated Nigeria’s commitment to the sustainability of the blue economy while declaring open the 2022 edition of the Nigerian International Maritime Summit (NIMS) at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos State Nigeria. Sambo disclosed this during the 2022 Edition of The Nigeria International…