LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Shekarau announced his decision to join the ruling party after a closed-door meeting with the national chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole. The closed-door meeting was held on Friday in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government, through the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has urged residents to take precautions, following a purported earth tremor, which occurred in some parts of the city on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The tremor reportedly occurred in Mpape and Maitama Districts of the FCT, Abuja. The incident…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH(NEWSRANGERS)-Pastor of a new generation church, Divine Prophetic Ministry has been shot by unknown gunmen close to his church, along Anambra Secretariat Road in Awka. The Pastor, David Elijah Chidiebere, who is in his early 30s, is the General Overseer of the church which relocated to the Secretariat Road permanent site of the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) and top party stalwarts are plotting the removal of the chairman of the APC Mr. Adams Oshiomhole over his “destructive tendencies”. Oshiomhole was elected as APC chairman on June 24 at the party convention in Abuja, replacing his kinsman Chief…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday began the disbursement of start-up capital for 39,000 petty traders in the Federal Capital Territory. The disbursement is part of the current administration’s drive to empower over two million petty traders across the country through a commercial loan scheme tagged “Trader moni.” The interest-free loan…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Osun on Thursday arraigned 28 persons before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun for their alleged involvement in burning down a police station in Iwo, Osun. The police arraigned Raheem Adewale, 26, Lateef Oluwafemi, 28, Ishola Jimoh,19, Kazeem Rafiu,31, Kabiru Mudashiru, 35, Ajayi Michael, 18, Wasiu Suleiman, 40,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Abuja on Thursday as officers of the Nigeria police force and some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed at the PDP party headquarters. According to reports, the protesters besieged the area as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar submitted his presidential nomination form. The clash resulted in the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has ordered the dismissal of the three policemen who raided elder statesman, Cheif Edwin Clark’s Asokoro, Abuja residence on Tuesday. The Force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood in a statement explained that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has approved the dismissal of Insprs. Godwin Musa, Sada…