LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers in Nigeria have killed at least 35 people they abducted from a village in northern Zamfara state despite ransoms being paid for their release, a local official told the BBC. In recent years, criminal gangs in the region, known in the country as bandits, have taken to kidnapping people as a…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has announced the appointment of 12 banks as Primary Lending Institutions (PLIs) for the disbursement of the over $360 million Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF). Daily Trust reports that the agency, had in 2023, appointed five banks as PLIs for the disbursement of the…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has reacted to the claim that military generals contributed money to secure the release of Mahrazu Tsiga, a retired brigadier general, who was held captive for 56 days. The Director of Defence Information, Tukur Gusau, in a statement on Monday said the claims by another retired brigadier general,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of State for Defence, H.E. Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle MON, has expressed his gratitude to H.E President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, for his decisive action in ensuring the prompt payment of military salary increase with three months arrears and also today’s release of funds for the payment of Pension…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has disowned the two leaked policies in circulation insinuating that the Federal Government may have returned to the payment of fuel subsidy and be considering fiscal measures to battle food inflation in the country. In a release signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, in the ongoing trial of former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, Ogau Onyeka Michael, on Monday, February 12, 2024, told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how the ex-CBN boss approved the payment of $6,230,000 (Six…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is reviewing and expanding the National Social Register to accommodate pensioners and ex-servicemen under its Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. It is also removing beneficiaries who have excited the poverty line. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the government was also taking out dead beneficiaries from the register and would disqualify those…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission has approved salary payments for the 2021/2022 Police recruits who passed out of the Police Colleges and have been in formal Police work in different Police Commands and formations since the past six months without salary. The Commission’s decision was reached in the interest of national security anchored…