LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose on Tuesday appeared in public for the first time since his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, lost the governorship election held on Saturday. Olusola, who contested as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, was defeated by the governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who ran on the platform of the…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A General Court-Martial (GCM) set up by the Nigerian Army has sentenced 13 soldiers to death and life imprisonment for offences ranging from manslaughter, murder, torture to assault and arson. This is even as the army has reiterated its commitment in the fight against terrorism in the North East, and other internal…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ekiti State House of Assembly has adjourned legislative business until October 8, citing issues of harassment and insecurity. The house, by the resolution, will only resume duties a week to the expiration of the tenure of the governor, Ayo Fayose. The house also condemned and rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed seven people convicted of criminal offenses, including five men for the robbery and murder of a Pakistani warehouse guard in the western city of Jiddah. The Interior Ministry said the five men, two Saudis and three Chad nationals, stabbed and beat the guard and stole his mobile…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension is brewing in Bayelsa State as the State House of Assembly is at loggerheads with a security company, Darlon Security, and Guards, over allegations of extra-judicial killings in the state, particularly in the creeks. Already, a group of agitators, the Order of Egbesu Brotherhood, has warned of an imminent resumption of…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of local and international election observers, who monitored the July 14 governorship poll in Ekiti State, on Tuesday faulted the poll in their reports, insisting that the election that produced All Progressives Congress, APC’s Kayode Fayemi as Governor-elect, falls short of global electoral standards as a result of lapses in…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Ebonyi state, Chief David Umahi has debunked rumours that he is planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, stating that he can never be in the same political party with failed leaders in the state. Umahi made this clarification while briefing journalists at the Executive Council chamber…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Tuesday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to cancel the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State. HURIWA predicated its call on what it termed “overwhelming evidence of monetary inducements and the failure of officials to stop same.” In a statement to the…