Archive for: August, 2017

Senator Misau Hits Back At Police, Insists IGP Embezzles Billions

http://ift.tt/2wOnIYP LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Committee Chairman on Navy, Senator Isah Hamma Misau, has responded to the allegation by the police that he deserted the Force. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Jimoh Moshood, had on Sunday, lambasted the lawmaker, accusing him of deserting the Police Force in 2010 upon his redeployment to Niger […]

Aug 29 2017 | Posted in State | Read More »

Texas Harvey’s Flood Death Toll Climbs To Six, 2,000 Residents Rescued So Far

http://ift.tt/2vzSKzq LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll has climbed to six in Texas amid the “epic and catastrophic” flooding left behind in the southeast part of the state from Hurricane Harvey. On Monday evening, Houston’s Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed three deaths in Houston. Three other storm-related deaths occurred in La Marque, East Montgomery County and […]

Aug 29 2017 | Posted in State | Read More »

Vice President Osinbajo to Commission Edo Fertilizer Plant

http://ift.tt/2xH4QY9 Governor Obaseki at the Edo fertilizer and chemical company before it was rehabilitated by WACOT Limited, in collaboration with the Edo State Government. LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Government and WACOT Limited will receive the Vice President of Nigeria – Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, to commission the Edo State […]

Aug 28 2017 | Posted in State | Read More »

Eid-El-Kabir: Federal Government Declares Friday, Monday Public Holidays

http://ift.tt/2wMXl5w LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has declared Friday, September 1 and Monday September 4, 2017 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, congratulated Muslims and all Nigerians to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity, prosperity […]

Aug 28 2017 | Posted in State | Read More »

28 Killed, 250 Injured After Rape Conviction Of Indian ‘Godman’

http://ift.tt/2vlttgt An Indian spiritual guru, who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, was convicted of rape. LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mobs rampaged across a north Indian state on Friday, leaving 28 people dead and more than 250 others injured, after a court declared a quasi-religious sect leader guilty of raping two of […]

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UN Suspends Food Distribution To IDP Camp Over Refugess Attack On Officials

http://ift.tt/2whPARZ LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations World Food Programme yesterday suspended food distribution to Internally Displaced Persons in Borno following an attack on its partners at Gubio camp in Maiduguri on Friday. .Angry IDPs had attacked the humanitarian workers of the International Medical Corp, an international NGO, over the food rations the NGO was […]

Aug 28 2017 | Posted in State | Read More »

Sagay Lambasts Those Asking For Diexiani’s Repatriation

http://ift.tt/2wCv8hD Sagay LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has slammed the #OurMumuDonDo protesters over their demand for the repatriation of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United Kingdom. Diezani is being investigated for corruption in both Nigeria and the US. The […]

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Charlyboy, ‘OurMumuDonDo’ Protesters Storm EFCC Office,Demands Deziani Repatriation

http://ift.tt/2wCK670 LAGOS AUGUST 28ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ace musician, Charles Oputa, also known as Charlyboy, alongside his OurMumuDonDo protesters have stormed the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Abuja to demand the repatriation of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The former Minister who served during the administration of ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, […]

Aug 28 2017 | Posted in State | Read More »

IPAC Threatens To Drag Buhari To Court Over ‘Secret Meetings’ With APC/PDP Leaders

http://ift.tt/2iCOmgX Buhari LAGOS AUUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Publicity Secretary of the Inter-Party Council, IPAC, Yakubu Shendam, on Sunday threatened legal action against President Muhammadu Buhari for meeting with only the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC. Buhari had last week met with leadership of both parties at the […]

Aug 28 2017 | Posted in State | Read More »

Media Rights Agenda Accuses JAMB Of Failing To Implement Freedom Of Information Act

http://ift.tt/2vCj7UJ LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) emerged today as this week’s inductee into the Freedom of Information (FOI) “Hall of Shame” as Media Rights Agenda (MRA) accused it of consistently failing to implement the FOI Act and to fulfill its obligations under the Law over the last six years. […]

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