LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State Police Command has begun investigation into the death of a French national, identified as Pietier Gilles who suddenly died in a hotel in Gboko. Gilles, who is said to be 67 years old, was reported to have died on Saturday while lodging in an hotel in the ancient city. According…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International has expressed deep concerns regarding the treatment of protesters and journalists in Abuja, Yobe and Port Harcourt. The human rights group condemned the attacks on demonstrators under the Take It Back Movement in these cities. Reports indicate that protesters, who have been actively demonstrating in Abuja, Lagos, and other major…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Fire Service on Monday said it had begun a probe into the fire incident which killed a Customs officer attached to the Oyo/Osun Command, Tijani Kabiru, his wife and four children in their house in Ede. The incident which occurred in Akankan Area of Ede in the early hours…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service says it has commenced a comprehensive probe of the officer caught in a viral video requesting a N5,000 bribe at New Terminal, within the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. In a statement reacting to the incident, Abdullahi Maiwad, the National Public Relations Officer of…
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a prominent anti-corruption organization, has formally petitioned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to launch an immediate investigation into allegations of mismanagement and corruption within the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). In a petition dated August 21, 2023, addressed to the NSA, HEDA voiced its deep…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stated that President Bola Tinubu must probe everyone who worked under former president, Muhammadu Buhari to “vomit what they have stolen.” The cleric also claimed that if the Nigerian government failed to negotiate with bandits, the Boko Haram terrorists would soon hijack them. Gumi…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the role he played in the 2023 presidential elections. Osuntokun also demanded that a forensic financial investigation be conducted…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has resolved to constitute an ad hoc committee to investigate alleged fictitious contract awards, gross mismanagement of billions of naira and lopsided placement of directors by the Nigerian Maritime Administration And Safety Agency. The ad hoc committee was given three months to conclude the probe and report back…