LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Kwara have arrested a herbal mixture seller, Raji Mufutau. Policemen on stop-and-search operations at Osere Junction around Eid Road in Ilorin, had found the corpse of his late wife in the vehicle he uses in hawking his products. Vanguard reports that the foul odour from the remains made the…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid is moving on the Champions League semifinals. But not without a scare. And not without controversy. Los Blancos blew a 3-0 first-leg lead to Juventus, and appeared to be headed for extra time at the Santiago Bernabeu when Cristiano Ronaldo, in the third of three minutes of second-half stoppage time,…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has approved the dredging of the Escravos Bar of Warri Port at a cost of N13 billion. The contract sum would also finance the replacement of the bad navigational aids at the seaport. The Escravos Bar dredging is part of measures being put in place to make the seaport…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service Retired Col. Hameed Ali, has redeployed eight customs officers to further strengthen the operations of the service. Information about the redeployment is in a statement signed by the NCS Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, on Wednesday in Abuja. Attah stated that the redeployment would…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of Ejama Community in Ogoniland have urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to jail the Chairman of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, over the bank’s alleged failure to pay them a judgment sum of N74bn. The community members had in 2010 got judgment against Shell Petroleum Development Company…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Welby has prayed for the success of Preident Muhammadu in his reelection as the President of Nigeria. The Archbishop who prayed for Buhari during his visit to London after his declaration to run for second term said it was always a delight to see President Buhari, “whom I…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayern Munich reached the semi-finals of the Champions League after playing out a goalless draw with Sevilla in their quarter-final second leg to progress 2-1 on aggregate. The hosts began brightly as James Rodriguez, Arjen Robben and Robert Lewandowski all weighing in with early efforts, the latter heading on target and forcing…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Government on Wednesday declared its intention to sustain the ongoing reforms in the public sector despite what it described as pockets of opposition by some unpatriotic individuals and groups. The government said it had a responsibility to clean up a system that has been bastardized by some greedy individuals who…