LAGOS DECEMBER 28T (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of police personnel have invaded the residence of the controversial lawmaker representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye. The invasion of the lawmaker’s Abuja residence located at 11 Sangha street, off Mississippi, Maitama, took place some minutes after Midday today. Presently, the street where his house is located…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has explained how the $322m recovered from late Gen. Sani Abacha’s family is being utilised by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Shehu, in a statement obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, said the money was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Arab Emirates has reopened its embassy in Syria. Recently, UAE is promoting diplomacy to bring peace in the Middle East. Thus, this is being considered as a major step for the country that was funding the rebels to fight the president Bashar al-Assad. The UAE has officially said that this…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Miss Congo Dorcas Kasinde’s wig caught fire after being crowned Miss Africa 2018. 24-year-old Dorcas Kasinde beat other contestants to win the crown. Miss Nigeria came second while Miss Zambia came third. As Miss Congo celebrated her victory and hugged her predecessor, her wig caught fire. Thankfully, Ebuka came to her rescue…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The vice president of Nigeria, professor Yemi Osinbajo recently was spotted having his hair cut in a public salon as seeng in the photos. It would be recalled, same was also done by the former Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Peter Fayose earlier this year at Ado Ekiti when he was also spotted…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NESRANGERS)-More indications that the implementation of the 2019 financial estimates presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, a couple of weeks ago, may be difficult emerged yesterday as oil price slumped to $49.9 before it recovered to $51 later in the day. The slide was the lowest since July 2017…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have dismissed 121 of at least 167 police officers who absconded from a counterterrorism training facility to avoid deployment against Boko Haram insurgents last week, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The 121 officers of the police rank-and-file were accused of committing mutiny and desertion, prompting Inspector-General Ibrahim Idris to order their…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video of the confession of a suspect who killed Alex Badeh, former chief of defence staff, is currently trending. Badeh died from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack on December 18. He was returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi road when he was shot dead. In the video, Shuaibu Rabi, the…