LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has faulted some state governments and communities for allegedly frustrating projects of the Federal Government in the country. In a statement on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, it warned against creating unnecessary impediments in the allocation of land or…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has summoned Enyia Akwagaga, acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, to appear before it on Tuesday over the award of N65 billion contracts. Matthew Urhoghide, Chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, summoned Akwagaga over his absence at the hearing of the committee on the contract. The contracts…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three girls suspected to be prostitutes working in a pub in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Friday lost their lives in an inferno that ravaged the property. The pub, Padded Joint, located at Ezekwuabo Otolo Nnewi, was said to have caught fire in the early hours of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North) was said to have secured 26 job slots for his constituents, from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Daily Trust exclusively gathered. This is just as the job scandal rocking the upper chamber gets messier with senators threatening showdown over the sharing formula of the employment slots…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected to be an informant of rice smugglers has been killed allegedly by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Jigawa State. Tasiu Muhammad, 22, a resident of Babura Local Government Area, was shot dead at Unguwar Gawo, about five kilometres from Bubara town, the council headquarters. The police commissioner…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-DEONTAY Wilder has revealed that he is backing Andy Ruiz Jr to beat Anthony Joshua for a second time. The Mexican is slimmer just shy of eight weeks before he takes on Joshua for in a world heavyweight title fight in Saudi Arabia in December. A much stockier Ruiz stopped a sluggish…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Positive reactions from segments of the society have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s pronouncement on Thursday for a forensic audit to be undertaken on the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). While receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission in Aso Rock, President Buhari said what…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lille forward Victor Osimhen has emerged French Ligue 1 player for the month for September 2019. The Super Eagles striker claimed 45% of total votes to emerge tops ahead of Monaco’s Islam Slimani (37%) second and Nantes’ Nicolas Pallois (18%) on third spot. The former Golden Eaglets ace will now takes over…