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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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….