Archive for: February, 2018

Buhari Shuns Peace Corps’ Bill, Says It’s Duplication Of Existing Security Agencies

LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Peace Corps. The president said the functions of the corps as contained in the bill were duplication of existing security agencies. Both chambers of the National Assembly had months ago passed the bill and transmitted it to the President for […]

FG, Int’l Oil Companies Urged to Address Underdevelopment of N’Delta Region

By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa. LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government of Nigeria and International Oil Companies operating in the Niger Delta Region has been called upon to urgently address the glaring neglect and underdevelopment as the only panacea in the region.This was contained in a press release by Wanama Onya and made available to Authority in […]

NDLEA Boss Calls For Declaration Of State Of Emergency On Hard Drugs In Nigeria

LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive ofNational Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah has called for the declaration of state of emergency over the drug situation in Nigeria. Abdullahi who made the call during the destruction ceremony of 137 tons of illicit drugs in Edo State, South- South Nigeria, which is the […]

Melaye Attacks APC, Says The Party Has Failed Nigerians

LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sen. Dino Melaye has taken a swipe at his party for failing to meet the expectations of Nigerians. According to Vanguardngr, the senator spoke after he was conferred with the Legislator of the Year 2017 by Daily Asset Newspaper in Abuja. He said: “The APC government has become Public Complaint Commission. We […]

2,000 Teachers Killed, 19 Displaced, 1,400 Destroyed Boko Haram Attacks

LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Boko Haram terror group has killed no fewer than 2,000 teachers, displaced 19,000 others and destroyed 1,400 schools during its deadly campaign northeast of Nigeria. This emerged amid outrage by the international community after the Islamic radicals kidnapped more than 100 schoolgirls during an attack on the Bursari Government Girls Science […]

Nigeria Workers To Receive New Minimum Wage By September

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Federal Government has assured Nigerian workers that they would begin to enjoy a new national minimum wage latest by end of September 2018. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, gave the assurance at the commemoration of NLC @40 in Abuja on Monday. He said there was […]

Nnamdi Kanu, Wife Spotted By Security Agent In Ghana Bar

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been spotted by security agents in Ghana, TheCable reports. There has been controversy over the whereabouts of Kanu who was last seen in public in September 2017 before the military launched Operation Python Dance II and raided his home in Aba, […]

Senate Adjourns Plenary Over APC National Executive Council Meeting

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary over the National Executive Council meeting of the All Progressives Congress. The APC NEC, to be chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, is due to hold at the National Secretariat of the APC on Tuesday. The Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, moved the motion for the adjournment of […]

Peter Obi Voted Greatest South-East State Governor

LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Southeast Based Coalition of Human Rights And Good Governance Organizations (SBCHROs) has voted former Imo State Governor, Chief Peter Gregory Onwubuashi Obi as the Greatest Personality of the Southeast Zone and Executive Leadership Man of the Year since the Forth Republic. Making the disclosure at a media briefing held on Sunday at […]

JUST IN:Violence Rock Kaduna, Houses Set Ablaze

LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violence has reportedly broken out in Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru Local Government are of Kaduna State. Many houses have reportedly been set on fire. Details of the violence are still sketchy, but a source said it has to do with the abduction and forceful conversion of some girls by a religious group. Kasuwan […]

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