http://ift.tt/2kQ7dXc LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the death toll rose to 40, firefighters struggled Saturday to get the upper hand against several massive wildfires that have ravaged Northern California for almost a week. Strong winds kicked up overnight in the central Napa Valley region, causing some fires to spread and triggering evacuations in Sonoma and elsewhere,…
http://ift.tt/2ylCJiF LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lawyer representing billionaire kidnapper, Evans, has accused officers of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team of extorting money and valuables running into hundreds of millions of naira from his client, PremiumTimes reports. .Olukoya Ogungbeje, petitioned the Police Service Commission on Friday. The petition captioned reads in part: “For…
http://ift.tt/2wW2zZe Ezeife LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chukwuemeka Ezeife, a former Governor of Anambra State, has advised people of the South East against allowing medical personnel of the Nigerian Military treat their children. Ezeife issued the advise in reaction to the commotion caused by the military’s free medical treatment in Anambra State. The former governor noted that…
http://ift.tt/2z9vcmv LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The current suspected monkey pox outbreak in Nigeria, which has now spread to seven states, is the third in the nation’s history. There were a total of three recorded human cases previously in 1971 and 1978 according to the Centres for Disease Control, CDC. The virus was first isolated from colonies…
http://ift.tt/2gksuqF LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of being partial in handling the allegations against suspended SGF Babachir and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mr Oke. The human right activist argued that if about the two government official…
http://ift.tt/2ypauBO IGP Idris LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akwa Ibom State Police command has announced the arrest of 16 suspected members of a kidnap syndicate, responsible for high profile killings and kidnapping in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local governments of the state. The arrest and burst of the cartel was made possible through a “well planned and…
http://ift.tt/2yKNBK2 LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday expressed delight over the cooperation between Nigeria and China, describing it as mutually beneficial. In a letter of felicitation with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, on the occasion of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President Buhari…
http://ift.tt/2ynHDxN Weah LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former international soccer star, George Weah, took an early lead in Liberia’s presidential election yesterday as the nation began releasing provisional results. With 20 candidates in the race, observers expect a run-off election. The National Election Commission (NEC) data showed Weah, a former European and world footballer of the…