LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency has broken its silence on why some aides of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were asked to go saying President Muhammadu Buhari cut down the number of those working with his deputy to save the cost of governance. It would be recall that the appointments of some aides of the Vice President…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has embarked on hunger strike following his continued detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) despite a court order for his release. The DSS arrested Sowore for planning a nationwide protest tagged ‘Revolution Now’ over the state of the nation but the court has twice…
2019 Big Brother Naija contestant, Seyi Awolowo has emerged ONE Ambassador. Seyi won the ONE health advocacy challenge on Huwe at Big Brother Naija on October 6th. A statement made available to NewsRangers stated that Seyi will travel to New York with ONE for the 2020 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and will join ONE…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court in Abuja has issued a summon on the Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari, and the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo, to appear before it over his alleged illegal stay in office. The order was given by Justice Ahmed Mohammed on November 7 where…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violence broke out on Friday after men of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) invaded Jakande Market, Ketu. he PUNCH gathered that the men, who were accompanied by security operatives, attempted to dislodge traders and destroy some shanties in the market. As some of the traders resisted, a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lecturer, Mr. Christopher Adejoh, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit before a Federal High Court, Lagos, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) demanding the sum of N100 million as damages. Christopher, a College of Education lecturer, in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1950/19, filed by his lawyer, Prince Chijioke Chinewubeze,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians doing business in Ghana have been asked to quit their shops by Thursday, November 14, 2019, or be forcibly evicted in apparent retaliation against the Federal Government’s closure of the borders. The ultimatum was issued by the Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) and the Ghana Electrical Dealers Association (GEDA). One…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 894 students of the Nigerian Law School (NLS) who took part in the Final Bar Examinations, conducted in August 2019, failed, the Council for Legal Education said on Thursday. According to the Council, about 4,425 students, who were successful in the exams would be called to bar from November…