LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Army, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Barracks, Akure, says it is battle-ready to rid Ondo State and neighbouring states of kidnappers and bandits. Brig. Gen. Zakari Logun Abubakar, Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, disclosed this to SaharaReporters in an interview on Friday. Abubakar lamented the rampant cases of kidnapping which […]
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LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced a 100 percent increase in the allowances of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority officials. Sanwo-Olu announced the increase when he visited the LASTMA headquarters at Oshodi, Lagos. Sanwo-Olu promised that the increase would commence from the end of July 2019 while also saying that […]
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LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indiana teen who fatally stabbed her mother has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. On Wednesday, 17-year-old Chastinea Reeves was sentenced by a Lake Superior Court judge as part of a plea deal, the Chicago Tribune, WGNTV and NWI Times report. During the hearing, the teen told the judge she […]
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court of Nigeria has sacked Senator David Umaru as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the Niger-East Senatorial District of Niger State, northern Nigeria. A five-man panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, took the decision on Friday. The apex court ordered the recognition of […]
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LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Forum for Good Governance and Leadership has described ”the diatribes” by a former governor of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose, against former President Olusegun Obasanjo over recognition of June 12 as condemn able. President of the forum, Prof. Tejumade Akitoye-Rhodes, gave the reaction in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Recall that […]
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By Fola Ojo “The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned” The above is an excerpt from one of many brilliant works of poetry by the late American writer and poet, Maya Angelou. In the expository tome, “ALL GOD’S CHILDREN […]
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LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential election petitions tribunal has reserved ruling in the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, in the February 23 presidential election. PDP and its candidate Atiku had earlier moved a motion seeking for access to inspect the server and data of smart card […]
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LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Wednesday has described as worrisome that no South Easterner is occupying any position in the first six political offices in the current administration. President Muhammadu Buhari is from the North-Central while Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo is from the […]
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The Pan African Good Governance Council has named Engr. David Umahi the “Best Performing Governor” within the 2015 – 2019 administrative term in Nigeria. The governor of Ebonyi State emerged the “Best Performing Governor” in Nigeria after months of evaluation and assessment in the Good Governance Indicators Programme. Speaking during a press conference in Abakaliki, […]
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LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWRANGERS)-No fewer than 450,000 children who have dropped out of school roam the streets of Gombe, Acting Chairman of Gombe State Universal Basic Education Board, Zulaihatu Madugu, said on Thursday. Fielding questions from newsmen on the sidelines of a two-day workshop organized for 100 under-graduates by the United Nations Children’s Fund and […]
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