LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the Provost of 1 Police Mobile Force (MOPOL) in Kaduna and DSP Aliyu Adejembi, along with his team to appear for questioning following the circulation of a video showing them lined up to receive cash handouts from Chinese business people. SaharaReporters gathered that…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has strongly condemned the reported threats against National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member Ushie Uguamaye, popularly known as Raye, after she shared a viral video highlighting the economic hardship in Nigeria. Raye, currently serving in Lagos, decried the rising cost of living, stating she could…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdulaziz has summoned an emergency meeting of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Naija News reports that the emergency meeting is called to discuss the ongoing conflict in the Gaza strip between Hamas and Israel. In a statement posted on…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Interpol has summoned Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Hudu Yunusa-Ari over his alleged misconduct in the state’s April 14 supplementary elections. A letter from the Interpol said Mr Yunusa Ari should report to the National Central Bureau in Abuja for questioning. “The bureau is investigating a case of conduct likely to cause…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has summoned aggrieved bus drivers under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), members of the National Union of Road and Transport Workers (NURTW), and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) to a showdown meeting on Wednesday to resolve issues bothering on extortion…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate, on Wednesday, resolved to summon the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to educate and inform senators in a closed session on the reasons for the rapid depreciation of the value of the naira. It also mandated the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has summoned one of its Guard Commanders in Edo State over the death of Christian Ehima, a 24-year-old undergraduate of Computer Science in the University of Benin. The inconsolable mother of the victim, an Assistant Superintendent of Police with the Delta State Police Command, Mercy Ehima, told Saturday PUNCH…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu to brief the House on the cost of conducting direct primaries in the country. The motion to invite the INEC boss was raised by Representative Leke Abejide who informed the House that…