http://ift.tt/2wMezQh LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-As our Muslim brothers and sisters celebrate Eid-el-Kabir today, I offer my felicitations on behalf of the government and good people of Edo State. We have put in place measures to guarantee that everyone is secure in the state during the celebrations of this very significant event. I urge you all…
http://ift.tt/2wlBFft LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Military troops in Bayelsa State have carried out a retaliatory operation in Letugbene community of the state after gunmen ambushed and killed four soldiers in the area. Multiple security sources confirmed to Channels Television that a team of soldiers returning from the community on Monday fell into an ambush laid by…
http://ift.tt/2wln040 LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Responding to a Russian government demand to drastically slash its diplomatic staff in Russia, the Trump administration Thursday ordered Moscow to close three of its consular offices in the United States. Russia will be required to close its Consulate General in San Francisco, the chancery annex in Washington and the consular…
http://ift.tt/2glN1qM LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s leading airline could soon be under new management. Ethiopian Airlines has submitted a formal offer to take charge of troubled carrier Arik Air, which accounts for more than half of Nigerian air passenger traffic, according to official statistics. “We have outlined our terms and conditions to the Nigerian government and…
http://ift.tt/2vH2WGF LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived his country home in Daura, Katsina State, preferring to walk through the street from the helipad as an overwhelming crowd surged to welcome him. According to Garba Shehu, SSA on Media and Publicity, the President, who was received at the helipad by the Emir of…
http://ift.tt/2vLhtjL Godwin Obaseki LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Executive Council on Wednesday approved the bill for the Edo State Health Law 2017, from the Ministry of Health, seeking to domesticate the National Health Act of 2014. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu, who addressed journalists after the weekly meeting, said that:…