Archive for: July, 2019

Multi-Million Naira Electric Carts Bought 10 Years Ago Rot Away At National Assembly

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten years after they were purchased for the use of federal lawmakers, 15 electric cars (carts) are laying waste at the National Assembly. The carts have not been put into use since they were acquired and their existence is even unknown to many. They are parked in a garage purposely built for […]

Ijaw Group Urges EFCC To Probe N’Delta Governors Reckless Spendings

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGES)-The Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, on Thursday called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe Niger Delta Governors over reckless spendings of the 13 percent derivation that comes into the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. IPDI’s National President, Comrade Austin Ozobo made the call in a chat with […]

Fasoranti’s Daughter Killing: Gani Adams Reacts, Says Yorubas Are Being Pushed To The Wall

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has reacted to the killing on Friday of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Adams, who is the Leader of Oodua Peoples Congress, described Olakunrin’s killing by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State as one too […]

ICPC Confiscates Godswill Akpabio’s International Passport

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The woes of former Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio has been further compounded with seizing of his International Passports and other travel documents by the nation’s anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-related offences Commission, ICPC. The confiscation of Akpabio’s international passport follows the diversion of multi-million naira medical equipment […]

Brass, Nembe, Southern Ijaw Communities Slam Oil Firms Over Neglect

By Amos Okioma LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Elders, women and youth leaders from various communities in Brass, Nembe and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State have bemoaned their neglect by oil companies operating in their areas. The communities also lamented years of oil spillages that have destroyed their environment, aquatic life as well as […]

Rivers Police Adopts New Strategy To End Kidnapping In East-West Road, Others

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Rivers State have adopted new strategy to end perennial kidnapping along East-West Road and Elele-Owerri Road in the state. The Rivers end of the East-West road linking the state to other parts of the country had been a hotbed for kidnappers, targeting passengers of commercial transporters. Hundreds of commuters […]

Starlet Samuel Chukwueze Offers Glimpse Of Nigeria Future

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)- He was young enough to participate at this year’s Under-20 World Cup, but Samuel Chukwueze is assuming a far greater role as a future Nigeria lynchpin with his country attempting to capture a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title. At 20 years and 49 days, Chukwueze became the youngest scorer at […]

Insecurity: New Zealand Gun Owners Turn Over Their Weapons For Cash

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)— Dozens of Christchurch gun owners on Saturday handed over their weapons in exchange for money, in the first of more than 250 planned buyback events around New Zealand after the government outlawed many types of semi-automatics. Police said they paid more than 430,000 New Zealand dollars ($288,000) to 169 gun owners […]

Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Kill Daughter Of Afenifere National Leader

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The daughter of 93 year old Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the national leader of the Pan Yoruba Socio- Political group, Afenifere, Mrs Funke Olakunrin was yesterday shot dead by suspected Fulani herdsmen along Benin/Ore expressway. She was said to be traveling along Benin/Ore expressway when she, along with others, ran into the barricade […]

Sanwo-Olu appoints Segun Fafore as Executive Assistant on Public Relations

LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed reputation and public relations professional, Mr. Olusegun Michael Fafore as his Executive Assistant on Public Relations and New Media. Until his appointment, Fafore was the Consultant-in-Chief of Reputation Plus Limited, a reputation and communication management company he founded a few years ago. Fafore’s career […]

Photo Gallery

Designed by News Rangers ICT Department