LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has approved a 25 to 35 per cent increase in the salary structures of police officers, the armed forces, public servants, among others. It announced this on Tuesday through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, stating that the salary raise takes effect from January 1, 2024. The NSIWC,…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Taiwanese investor in Nigeria, Ivy Hung, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the recovery of an alleged $1.1m fraud suffered by her company, Polleen Corporation. Ivy Hung lamented that all attempts to bring the fraudster to justice over the $1,164,646 fraud has proved abortive, alleging complicity on the…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Traders, clearing agents and drivers have expressed concerns over the proliferation of checkpoints mounted by security operatives on the Seme Border-Mile 2 corridor. They alleged that many of the “illegal” checkpoints were mounted to extort them, a situation they said was stifling their businesses. The Seme-Mile 2 corridor is a major route…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 50 persons, some of them children from neighbouring African countries, were, yesterday, rescued from a duplex on Omola Road, in the Edemola area of Epe, Lagos. News filtered around Epe and the entire Lagos State that the rescued persons, foreigners, were kidnapped and kept in the kidnappers’ den, pending when…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In anticipation of the upcoming organized labor protest set to commence on Tuesday, the ‘Take It Back Movement’, a human rights group, has initiated a nationwide demonstration in Lagos State to address the prevailing economic hardships in the country. This action occurs despite the caution issued by Lagos State Commissioner of Police,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger State Police Command has reported the killing of a suspected bandit while he was attempting to pick up a N3 million ransom in Borgu Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement released on Thursday by Wasiu Abiodun, the police spokesperson in Niger State, the incident occurred after…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Whistler Newspapers has strongly condemn in the strongest terms the alleged unlawful arrest, assault and ongoing detention of their reporter, Kasarahchi ANIAGOLU, by officers of the Nigerian Police Force operating within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A press statement made available to NewsRangers disclosed that Ms. Aniagolu was performing her journalistic…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of Labour Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Politics Nigeria earlier reported that Abure was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Speaking on his arrest, spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Force Zone 5, Tijani Momoh, said Abure was nabbed by…