Archive for: April, 2018

Police Chains Senator Melaye To Hospital Bed, Bars Senators, Visitors From Seeing Him

LAGOS APRIL25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have handcuffed Senator Dino Melaye to a hospital bed at the National Hospital, Abuja. Our correspondent gathered on Wednesday that visitors were also not allowed to see the embattled senator, who was forcefully evacuated by the police from a private medical facility, Zankli Hospital and taken to the National Hospital, where […]

Abuja Court Nullifies Senate’s Election Re-Ordering Bill

LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday nullified the National Assembly Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which ought to provide the order in which Independent National Electoral Commission must conduct the 2019 general elections. Delivering judgment in a suit filed by Accord Party to challenge the bill, Justice Ahmed Mohammed held […]

Presidency, Senate Crisis Deepens Over Stolen Mace

LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The festering crisis of confidence between the Presidency and the National Assembly may have deepened. There were signs yesterday that the Senate may have resolved to dump all Executive communications sent to it for action. The resolution to “keep all Executive communications in view” was one of the high points of about […]

Ayade Moves Contractors To Commence Work At Noodles, Feed Mills, Tooth Pick Plants

LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As work at the Ayade Industrial Park nears completion, the governor, Senator Ben Ayade has mobilized contractors for the state proposed noodles, feed mills and tooth pick plants. The noodles manufacturing plant will be located at the industrial park. Speaking to newsmen at the site of the noodles factory, Commissioner for Commerce […]

University of Ibadan Sacks 408 students

LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate of the University of Ibadan has advised 408 students to withdraw from the institution after failing to meet the minimum academic requirements. The Senate of the school ratified the withdrawal of the students at its meeting where results of graduating and non-graduating students were considered and approved. Most of the […]

NDLEA Officer Allegedly Stabs Lagos Council Official To Death

LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A worker with the Alimosho council area of Lagos State, simply identified as Samuel Koro-toe was allegedly stabbed to death yesterday by an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) during the 40th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) at the secretariat of Agege Local […]

Unauthorized Withdrawal of $496m: Rep Divides Over Push To Impeach Buhari

LAGOS APRIL25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives was in a rowdy session yesterday following calls by some lawmakers for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the unauthorised withdrawal and spending of $496,374,470.00 million on war planes. The House was sharply divided over the decision by Buhari to expend the unbudgeted $496,374,470.00 million from the Excess […]

Drama As Melaye Jumps Out Of Police Vehicle, Resist Going To Kogi’s Court

LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was drama as ome armed policemen and Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West were on Tuesday afternoon in a rough struggle at the Area 1 part of Abuja metropolis. The police operatives had reportedly told the embattled lawmaker that they were taking him to court in the metropolis of the nation’s […]

JUST IN: Dino Melaye In Police Net

LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)24 hours after the immigration officials detained the Senator representing the Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, the police have arrested him. The lawmaker was on Tuesday arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP’s) Monitoring Unit in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He is being interrogated over his alleged […]

Angry Mob Beats Trigger Happy Policeman To Death For Killing Hotel Guest

LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in Amandugba, in the Isu Local Government Area of Imo State on Sunday, after a mob allegedly hacked a police sergeant, Chijioke Okorie, to death for allegedly killing a hotel guest, Ojiegbe Azuoku. “On getting to the scene, one of the policemen opened fire on the crowd without any provocation. […]

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