http://ift.tt/2ltRR7E Late Senator Spanner Okpozo LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, late Senator Francis Okpozo, was on Friday named among the 1,467 chairmen and members of the Federal Government Boards approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. The announcement of the chairmanship and membership of the Boards…
http://ift.tt/2CcvSxl Buhari LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed six bills, including the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017 and the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment) Amendment Act, 2017 into laws. Senator Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known…
http://ift.tt/2CJmWg5 IGP Idris LAGOS JABUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian official says gunmen shot dead at least 17 worshippers who had attended a church service to usher in the new year. The chairman of a local community group, Osi Olisa, said Tuesday that the gunmen also shot people on the road before escaping. No group has claimed…
http://ift.tt/2lJ4ixq LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-America may withhold aid money to the Palestinians if they walk away from peace negotiations, Donald Trump threatened. In a pair of tweets, Mr Trump wrote that “we pay the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect”. “We have taken Jerusalem, the toughest part…
http://ift.tt/2CutFgM Prof Olufunmilayo Adesanya Davies ess LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education, Prof. Olufumilayo Adesanya-Davies, has declared her interest to contest the 2019 presidential election. Adesanya-Davies, who is from Ira in Kwara State, made her declaration on Tuesday when she spoke with newsmen in…
http://ift.tt/2ChLYll LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An umbrella group of Fulani herdsmen, ‘Mobgal Kautal Hore Fulbe,’ has raised alarm over alleged silent killing of herdsmen and stealing of their cattle in Numan and Demsa local government areas in Adamawa State. The group in a meeting in Yola, said over 4000 herdsmen and their families were displaced by…
http://ift.tt/2qiLZUy IGP Idris LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28 year old driver identified as Clement Ekuase, has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly killing his 89 year old boss, Pa Nosakhare Omo Osagie, and dumping his body in a pit toilet. It was gathered that Ekuase was employed as a driver to…
http://ift.tt/2lLkgHi Benue State chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Abba Yaro LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Benue State chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Abba Yaro has described the massive killing of over 50 Benue people by the Fulani herdsmen as an invitation for civil War. In a Statement issued…