LAGOS DECEMBER 2TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has returned to Nigeria.According to Channels Television, his aircraft touched down Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 3:40pm on Thursday. He immediately was whisked away from the foot of the aircraft by security operatives and taken to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari joins the media in celebrating the 50th birthday anniversary of renowned journalist and communication consultant, Dotun Oladipo, wishing him long life, good health and more wisdom in projecting the nation. A statement signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President On Media & Publicity disclosed that President Buhari…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles of Nigeria have ended the year with their highest world ranking in the last decade, FIFA rankings reveal. According to data released by the football governing body on Thursday, the Eagles ended the year in the 31st position. The last time Nigeria finished a year higher was in 2009,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has recorded another major Cannabis haul in its Operation Thunder Strike IV, launched to rid the forests in Ondo and Edo States of Cannabis warehouses. The Agency on Wednesday intercepted and burnt down 181.2 tons of the illicit drug crop concealed in warehouses in Ala Forest…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday abducted all three boys of a Kaduna based businessman, Mr. Christian Obi. Speaking from his residence in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, Mr Obi said, he saw the kidnappers in military uniform in his premises but went into hiding. According to Obi, he had observed from his…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have reportedly attacked an Abuja-bound Bayelsa passenger bus along the Okene-Lokoja expressway in Kogi State, with 12 people abducted. One of the passengers was said to have escaped while two others sustained serious injuries. The ill-fated bus, owned by De-prize Motors, a Yenagoa-based transport firm, was travelling from the Bayelsa…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed shock over the death, on Wednesday in Abuja, of Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajumogu, the Senator representing Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Obi, in a statement by his Media Office, recalled his…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump became the third sitting president in U.S. history to be impeached, as the House of Representatives approved on Wednesday the two articles of impeachment against him: that he abused the power of his office by pressuring Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election on his behalf, and that he obstructed…