LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to dismiss Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk was published on the presidential website. “We need to…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dana Air has temporarily disengaged some of its staff members. This comes on the heels of its recent grounding and an ongoing audit by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The carrier’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kingsley Ezenwa, said this in a statement on Saturday. He said the audit, which is currently…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s northern Kano state declared a 24-hour curfew on Wednesday after a tribunal overturned the election of an opposition candidate as governor and declared a member of President Bola Tinubu’s party the rightful winner. Police in Kano, which has the highest number of registered voters, said in a statement that violators of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable fear across the country, especially in political circles, as the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal gets set to deliver judgment on petition. Several governors returned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the March 18 poll are in court following petitions by their opponents who felt cheated. The tribunals…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dismembered bodies of a Kenyan socialite, Rachael Kanini “Kaniss” and her Nigerian boyfriend were discovered in a thicket in Kamulu community, Machakos County in Kenya. Human rights activist, Jackson Njeru, who confirmed the incident said Rachael and her man identified simply as Omodollar, were kidnapped by unknown assailants on Sunday, June…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba Alkali, to stop parading himself as the holder of the office after declaring his appointment and continued to stay in office as unlawful and unconstitutional. Accordingly, the court has ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a meeting of…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has sacked the Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo and ordered the reinstatement of the operations of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Lagos State. Justice Maureen Esowe, yesterday, ruled that the…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission, ending a crisis that has pitched the sacked boss against her senior officers and affected the operation of the commission. Presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina disclosed the sack on Thursday. He did not state the reason…