LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole; on Sunday held a prayer session with the APC members in Benin, Edo State, begging God to help them defeat Governor Godwin Obaseki who is up for re-election in September. Oshiomhole, who was governor from 2008 to 2016, was instrumental…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s largest cement producing factory, Dangote Cement PLC, has fired more than 3000 staff without prior notice or due process, SaharaReporters has uncovered. The company, which is owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, started the process of discarding 80 per cent of it’s staff on June 17 without explanation. Of 6000…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A frequent target of racist abuse and often surrounded in controversy, Mario Balotelli’s nomadic career has taken another radical turn. The former Italy striker was reportedly fired by his hometown club for failing to report to training as the Italian soccer league prepares to resume from a three-month break amid the coronavirus…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sacked 50 percent of its national secretariat staff. The memo containing the list of the affected staff was signed by the PDP Deputy National Secretary, Mr. Agbo Emmanuel and pasted on the party’s notice board at its National Secretariat yesterday in Abuja. It was titled: “Disengagement…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Trump fired Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, just hours after dismissing Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman, a decorated Army lieutenant colonel, according to statements released by Sondland and Vindman’s lawyer. “The most powerful man in the world – buoyed by the silent, the pliable, and the complicit – has…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three months after the Senate confirmed the nomination of the management board of Niger Delta Development Commission, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sacked the board and announced that a new one will soon be constituted. This is coming just as Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointments of Adeolu Akande…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court of Nigeria has nullified the election of Mr Emeka Ihedioha of the People’s Democratic Party as the governor of Imo State. The court in its ruling on Tuesday declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election in Imo state….
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Banks in Nigeria sacked total of 2,929 workers in the third quarter of 2019 according to fresh data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The details are contained in a report on Selected Banking Sector Data: Sectoral Breakdown of Credit, ePayment Channels and Staff Strength data posted on the NBS website….