LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck at Umuguma Junction, in the World Bank area of Owerri in Imo, after a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Damian Ali, was beaten to death. Punch reports that Ali was beaten to death by the owner of Swift Tel Pharmacy and his workers, while he was trying to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from their embassy in Baghdad for their safety on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said, as thousands of protesters and militia fighters outside the gate denounced U.S. air strikes in Iraq. On Sunday, U.S. planes had attacked bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia, a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The electoral commission, INEC, has declared 30 of its staff missing. The ad-hoc staff took part in Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election. They were posted to Olamaboro Local Government Area (LGA) by the commission. They were declared missing around 1 a.m. on Sunday during the final collation of results in the local…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Naspers’ pay-television business MultiChoice Group, owners of DSTV, is planning to lay off close to 2,200 workers in a shake-up of its customer care service, the company said on Friday. The axing will affect workers in South Africa. MultiChoice, which competes with Netflix in online streaming via Showmax, said in a statement…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Anambra state has handed over five (5) of its junior staff to the Nigerian Police for investigation and prosecution for allegedly defrauding the Institution of Fifteen Million (N15M) by manipulating its Automated Billing and Account Method. Four staff of consulting firm for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promoted 2,209 members of staff in its 2018 promotion exercise. Malam Mohammed Haruna, INEC National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja. According to Haruna 847 junior and 1,362 senior staff were promoted after the commission considered the…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Wednesday the Federal Government has approved the payment of N45billion severance package to former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways. The national carrier was liquidated by ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in 2005, and the workers had been embarking on protests nationwide…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NESRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has promoted a total of 1, 311 staff. This is made up 1, 291 staff within the rank and file and 20 others converted to officer cadre. A statement signed by Jonah Achema, NDLEA Principal Staff and Public Affairs Officer made available to NewsRangers the promotion…
