LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was outrage in Akure, the Ondo State capital, over the alleged assault of a 68-year old woman, Mrs. Felicia Akindurotoye, and a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Felix Solomon, by a Judge of Federal Court of Appeal, Justice Folayemi Omoleye. The incident, according to several eyewitnesses, happened…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has condemned the behaviour of troops of the AFN, captured in a trending video, who allegedly maltreated some suspected armed bandits and kidnappers arrested along the Abuja Kaduna highway, describing it as unprofessional. According to a statement by the Acting Director, Defence information, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu on Wednesday,…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the major contenders for the position of the Senate President in the incoming Ninth National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has reiterated his resolve to contest on the floor of the Senate on June 11. Ndume who stated this in an interview with journalists on Thursday also said he had no…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the licence of Daar Communications for failure to abide by Nigerian Broadcasting Code. The Director-General of NBC, Malam Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu made this known on Thursday in Abuja. Kawu said over the last two years, NBC summoned the management of the company to address issues regarding…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Chief Whip in the Bayelsa state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Tonye Emmanuel Isenah, member representing Kolu okuma/Opokuma constituency I, on Thursday emerged the speaker of the sixth Assembly. The Peoples Democratic Party has majority members in the new assembly constituted by Governor Seriake Dickson with…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Canadian women have been abducted in Ghana, police said Thursday, a rare attack in a country seen as one of the most secure in the West African region. The Canadians, charity volunteers aged 19 and 20, were taken on Tuesday evening in Kumasi, Ghana’s second city, some 200 kilometres (125 miles)…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressives Congress National Stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with the Managing Director of Thisday, Mr. Eniola Bello, over the death of his wife, Mrs. Helen Eniola-Bello. Mrs. Eniola-bello, 50, died on Tuesday, June 4 at at the New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom after a three-year battle with breast cancer….
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Kidnappers on Tuesday night abducted a businessman, Mr. Emmanuel Nwogu, on his business premises in GRA Port Harcourt in the presence of helpless clients and onlookers. Witnesses said the armed men arrived at the DeBooth lounge newly opened by Mr Nwogu early this year between 8 and 9 pm posing as clients…