Archive for: August, 2018

Nigeria’s Economy On Life Support, Peter Obi Cries Out

LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, has said that the Nigerian economy is on life support due to the rising debt profile of about N22.7 trillion. Obi, disclosed this at the ‘2018 This Generation Conference’ organised by the Summit Bible Church, with the theme, “Taking Responsibility, Making Nigeria Great”, on […]

DSS Begins Release Of Detainees, Set Free Seven Ijaw Youths Detained For Two Years

LAGOS AUGUST 26H (NEWSRANGERS)-The new leadership of the Department of State Security (DSS) may have started making good its promise to review cases of all detainees in its custody, according to indications yesterday. Seven Ijaw youths from Bayelsa State who were arrested two years ago and locked up in the organization’s cell since then were […]

Nigeria To Host Workshop On Internet Governance In Africa

LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will host this year’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) annual regional human capacity building workshop on “Strengthening capacities in Internet governance in Africa”, according to Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Administrator of the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI). The event to be held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, Nigeria, from 27-29 August […]

4-Year-Old Girl Stolen From Christ Embassy Church Found In Benin Orphanage

LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Family members of a missing four-year-old girl, Elo Ogidi, were overjoyed on Friday after she was found in an orphanage in Benin, Edo State. Elo was reportedly stolen from the Christ Embassy in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos State, during a church service she attended in company with her parents and their housemaid on […]

Corruption: DPO In Trouble For Allegedly Collecting Money-For-Bail

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Pen Cinema Police Division, Lagos State, Harrison Nwabuisi, has been recalled to the state Police Command headquarters following the corruption allegation leveled against him. According to a statement signed by the Spokesman of the command, CSP Chike Oti, Nwabuisi was recalled by the Commissioner of […]

Lagos: Third Mainland Bridge Shut Down Till Sunday

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The third mainland bridge has been temporarily shut down for an investigative maintenance test. The bridge was shut down on Thursday midnight after it was earlier announced by the Lagos State government. Different government agencies and officials were seen on Thursday night waiting for the midnight deadline before the eventual closure of […]

Police Station Set Ablaze Over Alleged SARS Killing Of Student

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In protest over the killing of one of them, Tunde Nafiu, the people of Iwo town in Osun State, South West of Nigeria, have set a police station ablaze. Nafiu was said to have been killed by members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. Nafiu, described as a student of the Federal […]

Killings: Group Calls For Arrest Of Bayelsa Lawmaker, Sunny-Gholi

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights organization, Network for Peace and Development (NPD) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the lawmaker representing Brass constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli for the recent killings and violent attacks in Twon-brass. The NPD said if Sunny-Goli is not arrested […]

Detained Protesting Imo Women Regain Freedom

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A high court in Owerri on Friday evening released, unconditionally, the 114 women suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. The women were remanded by a magistrate’s court in Owerri on Monday and Thursday respectively, after they were arrested and arraigned by the Police for demanding to know […]

2019: INEC Denies Budgeting N6bn For feeding Of Police

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday denied reports it budgeted six billion Naira to feed the Police during next year’s elections. The 2019 general elections budget of N189.2bn is subject to approval by the National Assembly and has been pending due to ongoing recess of both legislative chambers. But, INEC has […]

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