Archive for: February, 2019

Dino Melaye Beats Smart Adeyemi With Landslide In Kogi West Senatorial District

LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Dino Melaye has won the race for Kogi West Senatorial District, beating his arch-rival Senator Smart Adeyemi of the APC. According to an announcement by INEC Returning Officer, Professor Emmanuel Bala, Melaye polled 85, 395 votes to defeat Sen. Smart Adeyemi who scored 66, 901 votes. The Kogi West Senatorial District […]

Upsets, Shocks As Polls Results Trickle In

LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The country’s political landscape quaked, yesterday, as results of last weekend’s Presidential and National Assembly elections filtered in. Anxiety about the fate of some of the National Assembly leading officials came as the two leading presidential candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic […]

18 NYSC Members INEC ADHOC Staff Abducted In Akwa Ibom

LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 18 National Youth Service Corps members were abducted on Saturday in different locations in Akwa Ibom by unknown gunmen. 14 have since been freed, resident electoral commission in the state, Mike Igini said. Ten youth Corp members, who worked as adhoc staff were abducted in Abak in Ikot Ekpene […]

Thugs Abducted, Strip Deputy Commissioner Of Police Naked In Bayelsa

LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Federal SARS, Kola Okunola, has been taken hostage by thugs allegedly loyal to Chief Timipre Sylva and the member representing Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House òf Assembly, Israel Sunny-Goli. The Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Kemela Okara in a statement made […]

Buhari Defeats Atiku In Ekiti As INEC Announces First Official Result

LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has won Ekiti state, the first officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission. In the result announced by the returning officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Buhari of the All Progressives Congress polled 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples […]

#NigeriaDeides: Dickson Accuses Nigeria Army Of Subvrting The Will Of Bayelsa Electorates

LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Seriake Dickson has accused the military authorities particularly the General Officer Commanding, 6th Division of the Nigerian Army of subverting the will of the people in the electoral process in the state. Dickson who made the accusation during a Media chat in Yenagoa, decried unlawful orders issued […]

#NigeriaDecide: Fire Guts Osun INEC Office

LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A section of the Independent National Electoral Commission Office in Ijebu-Ijesha, Oriade Local Government in Osun State has been gutted by fire. The incident occurred around 3am on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that some hoodlums suspected to be political thugs allegedly set a section of the building ablaze along […]

Nine Escape Death, Pilot Dies As Plane Crashes Into Home In Florida

LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A nightmare came true for one family in Florida when a plane fell from the sky and crashed through the roof of a home. The pilot of the flight was killed, but a trainee pilot and eight people inside the home all walked away with minor injuries. “It was the day of […]

Soldiers Abduct Gov Udom’s Security Aide In Akwa Ibom

LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senior Special Adviser on Security Matters to Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel, Capt Iniobong Ekong, has been reportedly abducted. It was gathered that Ekong was picked up midnight Friday allegedly by soldiers, following a purported petition written by the immediate past Governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The State Commissioner for Information, […]

#NigeriaDecide: Soldiers Kill PDP Agent In Rivers Over Alleged Snatching Of Election Materials

LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has been shot dead. The agent was shot dead as the Presidential and National Assembly elections got underway on Saturday. The major opposition party in the state, All Progressives Congress, is not on the ballot for the National Assembly elections as it […]

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