http://ift.tt/2kakLZY LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released proposed dates for the 2019 general elections. The votes begin in about 434 days in Africa’s most populated country. Chairman of the agency, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said vote for Presidential and National Assembly Elections will hold on February 16, 2019 while the Governorship,…
http://ift.tt/2AnlXnB LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three contestants for the position of Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have quit the race. Those who quit the race Chief Bode George, Raymond Dokpesi and Jimi Agbaje. The announcement of Dokpesi and Agbaje came few hours after Chief Olabode George, quite the race. George had cited the failure of…
http://ift.tt/2A4GoBz An African migrant living in Greece raises his chained hands during a protest Saturday in Athens against recent reports of migrant slavery in Libya. (Costas Baltas/Reuters/) LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After years of ignoring the sale of human beings in Libya, leaders from Europe and Africa have been making a grand show of shock and…
http://ift.tt/2nLfa14 Buhari and Biya LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria called for an end to violence in neighbouring Cameroon, where a crisis sparked by a separatist drive in English-speaking areas has forced thousands of people to seek sanctuary across the border. “The Nigerian state by no means supports the secessionists,” Nigerian ambassador Lawan Abba Gashagar said Thursday,…
http://ift.tt/2jwLArD LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Today the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and All On announced the creation of a $3 million partnership with the goal of expanding access to energy for underserved and unserved markets in Nigeria. Over the next 3 years, both parties will jointly provide funding for up to 30 Nigerian small…
http://ift.tt/2jw1HWG LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The screening committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has cleared all the nine national chairmanship aspirants and certified them fit to take part in Saturday’s national convention of the party. Chairman of the committee, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, presented certificates of clearance to them a few minutes ago at the National Executive…
http://ift.tt/2kBcZvZ FILE PHOTO LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An explosion at an illegal refinery, also known as “Kpofire”, on Thursday, has left scores dead along Kolo Creek in Okaki, a boundary community between Rivers and Bayelsa states. A source told journalists that the incident, which occurred in the early hours, was on account of combustion from the…
http://ift.tt/2ADzkiC LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Civil Service Commission of Nigeria (FCSC) has begun massive recruitment in some ministries and agencies. All unemployed Nigerians with the requisite qualifications have been directed to apply online. Read the advertisement for the 2017/18 jobs advertisement placed in the Nigeria Television Authority by the FCSC below: The Federal Civil…