LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 446 Nigerians are currently in prisons in the United Arabs Emirates (UAE), Nigerian Ambassador, Mohammed Dansanta Rimi has disclosed. He stated this during President Muhammadu Buhari’s town-hall meeting with Nigerians who are based in the UAE. “Although there is no exact record of our citizens in the UAE, owing…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has lamented Monday’s fire incident at the Arrival Section of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport Owerri, Imo State, calling on the Federal Government to investigate the incident. Recalling that the airport was single-handedly built by…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission has approved with immediate effect the dismissal of nine senior Police officers for gross misconduct. It also approved the reduction in rank of another six officers for different cases of misconduct. The PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, said in a statement on Tuesday that this was part of the…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Super Eagles coach and captain, Christian Chukwu, is reportedly battling prostate cancer, which had seen him had surgery five days ago. The former Rangers’ star was reported to have been in dire need about $50,000 dollars for immediate operation in the US. But Norbert Okonkwo, media officer of Enugu Rangers…
LAGOS ARIL 9TH (NEWRANGERS)-Following the breakdown of negotiations with the Federal Government in their demand for better working conditions, workers of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) have declared an indefinite nationwide strike with effect from today- Wednesday. Already, the workers under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutions…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWRANGERS)-Seven persons have been killed in a bank robbery which took place on Monday at Isewa Quarters, Ido-Ani, headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo state. The robbers showed up in an SUV and operated for hours before carting away an undisclosed amount of money. An eyewitness revealed that two customers…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, April 6, said that no state in Nigeria is currently under the control and influence of Boko Haram insurgent group. In a press release of the event Buhari said that his administration is doing everything possible to conquer the war against terrorism in Nigeria, adding that the…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson, has offered automatic employment to 307 products of the Bayelsa State Scholarship Scheme, who have concluded their doctorate and master decree programmes in various disciplines in universities across the world. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr…