LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Judge Rebukes Two Nigerians Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Nigerian government official who ran a defunct pension reform department, has been convicted of stealing 2 billion naira ($4.8 million) belonging to pensioners after a two-year trial. Okon Abang, a judge at a federal high court in Abuja, sentenced Maina to eight years in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governorship candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Mr. Val Ozigbo has condemned what he called “mindless non-payment of gratuities to civil servants that retired in Anambra State since 2017.” In a release made available to NewsRangers, Mr. Ozigbo said it was unbelievable that after the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pensioners of the Nigerian Ports Authority on Wednesday protested at the NPA Headquarters in Marina, Lagos, against the irregular increment in their pensions since 2008. The pensioners under the aegis of NPA Pensioners’ Welfare Association told the News Agency of Nigeria that the protest became necessary after several attempts to meet the…