LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWRANGERS)-Jersey Island has said discussions are ongoing with the Federal Government to repatriate to Nigeria £211m (N82bn) looted by a former military dictator, General Sani Abacha. Although authorities of the island said it could not make a comprehensive comment on the issue in an email exchange, it stated that provided that an […]
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All the five South-East state governors, Samuel Ortom (Benue); Darius Ishaku (Taraba) and the Ondo State Government have rejected the federal government plan for Ruga settlements, saying they would not give out their land for herdsmen’s settlements in their states. The Federal Government on Tuesday said in the next five years, the […]
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has said that there will be no restriction of movement on the last Saturday of June or any other month. Mr Biodun Bamgboye, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, made this known on Tuesday at Alausa, Lagos. Bamgboye, therefore, urged residents to ignore rumours making the rounds on the […]
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Igbosere High Court in Lagos sentenced a Togolese cook, Sunday Adefonou Anani, to life imprisonment for the October 31 2018 murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Switch Ltd, Ope Bademosi. Justice Mobolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Anani following his plea of guilty to a one-count charge of voluntary manslaughter. Anani confessed […]
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ogun State Police Commissioner (CP) Basir Makama on Tuesday evening denied receiving 1,000 AK47 rifles and four million ammunition from former Governor Ibikunle Amosun. Makama explained that physical counting of the ammunition showed there were “one million, four hundred thousand and some fractions,” a variation from the four million Amosun had told […]
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government says it has started establishing settlements for herdsmen across the nation. Mohammadu Umar, permanent secretary in the ministry of agriculture and rural development, made this known in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the farm settlements when fully established would address the incessant clashes between […]
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have vowed to appeal against Monday’s ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal dismissing their application for permission to access and inspect the central server said to have been used by the Independent National […]
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal Abuja division on Monday ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to respond within five days to the appeal filed against his qualification for the 2019 presidential election. The court also ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to within five respond to all issues […]
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State government has directed state-owned primary and secondary schools to stop collecting fees and levies from pupils and students with immediate effect. Nyesom Wike gave the directives on Monday during a meeting with the Heads of Primary and Secondary Schools, Senior Secondary Schools Board and Universal Basic Education Board at […]
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian security forces have killed the man accused of orchestrating a failed coup d’etat in the northern Amhara region over the weekend. General Asamnew Tsige, who allegedly led the coup attempt, was shot on Monday near the Amhara state capital Bahir Dar, the prime minister’s press secretary, Negussu Tilahun, told Reuters news […]
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