http://ift.tt/2B0Y6qa Oshiomole LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The crisis rocking the Edo chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) nose-dived on, Tuesday morning as the ONTV Lagos correspondent in Edo, Gbenga Olowokere was brutally wounded. Olowokere a member of the NUJ correspondents chapel was attacked with an iron bar by Cajetan Mmuta and Patrick Ochoga, two…
http://ift.tt/2BH7GlE Kogi East Senator Attai Aidoko LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kogi East Senator Attai Aidoko last night denied news making the rounds that the Court of Appeal siting in Abuja sacked him over a pre-election matter. The senator told our correspondent: “The news is fake. What happened in court today (Appeal Court -Abuja) is this: I…
http://ift.tt/2yVcQoQ LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States on Monday vetoed a resolution supported by the 14 other U.N. Security Council members that would have required President Donald Trump to rescind his declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a vote that showed the depth of global opposition to the U.S. move. The United States…
http://ift.tt/2CAEglU LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Police command has announced the interception of six vehicles loaded with contraband worth N50m. Lagos State Police Command, Public Relation Office (PPRO) SP Chike Oti said following Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr Imohimi Edgal directive to Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers to clamp down on all identified routes…
http://ift.tt/2CzJi28 Rotimi Amaechi and Dakuku Peterside LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas have been summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions to appear before it on Tuesday (tomorrow)…
http://ift.tt/2kIey7R Four of the arrested suspected kidnappers LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abia State police on Monday arrested six suspected kidnappers, rescued abducted 76-years-old man and recovered arms and ammunition which include 2 AK47 Rifles, 6 Magazines loaded with 180 Rounds Of Live Ammunition hidden in a special compartment constructed under the operational vehicle of the…