LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected the Port Harcourt venue of the party’s national convention slated for October 6. The presidential candidate of the party is expected to emerge at the convention. The aspirants have suggested alternative venues for the all-important exercise. The aspirants are reportedly uncomfortable with…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US Government says it anticipates processing up to 310,000 refugees and asylum seekers in 2019. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the country proposed resettling up to 30,000 refugees under the new refugee ceiling as well as processing more than 280,000 asylum seekers. Pompeo said they would join the over…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As it becomes more obvious that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, will not change his mind on his decision not to support Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s second term of office ambition, the embattled governor is weighing his options and will soon make his next…
LAGOS SPTEMBER18TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was brought down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean early Tuesday, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian defense ministry said. It blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria. The Russian military…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has destroyed drugs weighing 110.542 tons in Akure, Ondo State. This is the single largest public destruction of exhibits by burning, coming after the one by Edo State which gross weight was 136 tons. The drugs, mainly Cannabis sativa, were some of the seizures made by…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Among other teachings received as a student of media and communication studies, I was specifically told that information is the life wire of every business/governance. That to manage a business is to manage its information, and managing its information, means managing its future- that was back in the days….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)- “This is historic.” That’s how one National Weather Service meteorologist described the amount of rain the storm has dumped on North Carolina. Officials raised the death toll to 17 Sunday as rivers swelled to record levels and 570,000 residents were left without power. Although downgraded to a tropical depression, the National…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About five days to the Osun State governorship election, the National Rescue Movement (NRM) on Monday gave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 24 hours within which it should include the name of its candidate, Jumoke Lawoyin, whose name has been omitted from the list approved by the commission. Should INEC fail…