LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Rivers State have paraded a man who allegedly sold his baby boy hours after he was born. Izuchukwu Okoye was said to have sold the baby for N600,000 and told his relatives that the child died shortly after birth. Police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni told journalists that the incident happened on…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Senate report has revealed how top management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid themselves N85.6 million to attend a graduation ceremony in the United Kingdom at a time Nigeria was on lockdown and airports shut. The report shows that approval for the funds was made in April – at…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid themselves scholarship grants at a time hundreds of deserving scholarship beneficiaries had not been paid for years and were stranded in different countries, a report has shown. The report by lawmakers joins the other revelations that emanated from the National Assembly’s investigation…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission to pay its scholarship beneficiaries studying abroad. This was contained in a statement titled ‘NDDC invites President Buhari to Commission Signature Project’ and signed by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, on Tuesday. Odili said Buhari conveyed the directive to…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lottery operator, identified simply as Baba Pool, on Thursday committed suicide over his alleged failure to pay some of his customers their winnings. It was gathered that the deceased hanged himself inside his shop in Kayode Market, Abule Ijesha, in the Sabo area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the…
By Amos Odeh The Bayelsa State Government has indicated its readiness to pay special allowances to frontline health workers combating the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Governor Douye Diri gave the indication on Tuesday at a meeting with representatives of labour unions including the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and Association of Resident Doctors in…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice, has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay the salaries and allowances of 244 soldiers dismissed in 2016. A statement issued by the court on Friday said that the order was given in a Judgment issued by a panel of three justices of the court on…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video has emerged on Twitter of a female POS Operator who was caught with fake naira notes which she allegedly pays to her customers who patronize her business. In Nigeria, there is a huge need for Automated Teller Machines, however, the unavailability of ATMs and the constant insufficient funds in the…