Archive for: August, 2017

Evans, Two Others Plead Guilty To Kidnap Charges, Remanded In Kirikiri

http://ift.tt/2vEMQNF Evans and his accomplice LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, otherwise known as Evans has pleaded guilty to two counts bordering on kidnapping. This follows his arraignment today before Justice Hakeem Oshodi at the High Court in Lagos by the state government. The suspect was arraigned alongside five others; Uche Amadi, Ogechi Izechuwku, […]

Kudirat Abiola: Lagos Heads To Appeal Court, Seek Conviction, Death Of Mustapha

http://ift.tt/2wSo7cO LAGOS august 30th (NEWSRANGERS)- The Lagos State Government has asked the Supreme Court to quash the judgment of a Lagos Court of Appeal that acquitted Maj. Hamza al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan in the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. Lagos had prayed […]

Nigeria Biggest Tomato Factory Lay Idle

http://ift.tt/2vrLZnm By Peter Graff LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)– At a state-of-the-art plant in northern Nigeria, shiny machines stand next to a conveyor belt ready to crush tomatoes to satisfy the country’s insatiable demand for tomato paste. But a lonely cleaner mopping the floor is the only sign of activity in Nigeria’s […]

Buhari Chairs First Cabinet Meeting Since Return From Medical Leave

http://ift.tt/2xxa1uu Buhari chairing first cabinet meeting since returning from medical leave in London LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday chaired his first cabinet meeting since returning from sick leave in Britain this month. Buhari returned to Nigeria on Aug. 19 after more than three months in London for treatment for an undisclosed […]

Woman Narrates How Police Allegedly Brutalise Her For Wearing Tattoos

http://ift.tt/2wGRf6h LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian woman identified as Chioma Pius has demanded for justice after being beaten mercilessly by police officers for having tattoos on her body. According to her, she could not record the brutal incident because the officers seized her phones. The woman said she was assaulted along Emohua axis at the […]

Suspected Cultists Invade Lagos Poly, Injure Students

http://ift.tt/2vpzsk8 LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several students were injured after gunmen suspected to be cultists attacked the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu campus. According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen stormed the hostel, claiming to be searching for a stolen laptop. It was gathered that one of the residents of the hostel, who is a National Diploma One student, […]

Three-Storey Building Collapses In Alaba International Market, Lagos

http://ift.tt/2gn5erv LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NESRANGERS)-A three-story building has collapsed at Ilufe road, Alaba International Market, Ojo Lagos on Tuesday. The building which was said to consist of 8 blocks of flats caved in the early hours of today. According to the general manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Adesina Tiamiyu, investigation conducted […]

JUST IN:ASUU Shuns Meeting With Federal Government

http://ift.tt/2voC41S LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has refused to attend a meeting with the Federal Government scheduled for today. ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, confirmed to Channels Television that the union will not attend the meeting. According to him, ASUU has met, discussed the new offer from the FG and submitted […]

EU Delegates Impressed With Edo State Implementation And Execution Of Projects

http://ift.tt/2vFyZG5 Godwin Obaseki LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-European Union delegates has expressed satisfaction with the way and manner Edo state government under Mr Godwin Obaseki implements andexecutes projects in the state. The leader of a delegation of the European Union on Niger-Delta Support Programme (NDSP), Mr. Kurt Cornelis, said his team was impressed with the high […]

Online Publishers’ EXCO Visit Presidential Villa, Seek Accreditation Of More Members

http://ift.tt/2wYJhoO LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The recently elected executives of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Friday visited Nigeria’s seat of power, Aso Rock. The GOCOP team, led by its new President, Dotun Oladipo, was received by the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Mr. Femi Adesina, as well as Mallam Garba Shehu, […]

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