Archive for: January, 2020

Scores Killed As Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Attack Each Other Over Women

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Intense gunfire between two rival jihadist groups in northeast Nigeria has left several fighters dead, two sources with close knowledge of the incident told AFP on Monday. Fighters in pickup trucks from a Boko Haram faction loyal to Abubakar Shekau stormed a camp belonging to rival IS-aligned Islamic State West Africa Province […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Court Stops INEC, Senate From Removing Ifeanyi Ubah

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Clerk of the National Assembly and Clerk of the Senate, from giving effect to the judgment that sacked Ifeanyi Ubah from the Senate. The court, in an interim order that was granted by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Imo: CSO Storm US, UK Embassies, Demand Visa Ban On Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Others

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Civil society groups are currently protesting at the embassies of the United States and United Kingdom respectively in Abuja, demanding a visa ban on all seven members of the Supreme Court panel that delivered judgment in the Imo State governorship election case that produced Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress as […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in State | Read More »

Plane Fighting Australia Wildfire Crashes, Killing All Passengers

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane used in fighting Australia wildfire has crashed leaving all passengers on board dead. The water bomber plane crashed while fighting wildfire A water tanker plane battling infernos in Australia has crashed in New South Wales. Three crew members said to be inside the plane have died. The New South Wales […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

House Of Representative Moves To Include Lagos As NDDC State

LAGOS JANUARY23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A proposed law in House of Representatives, seeking to include Lagos on the list of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) States, is in process. The Bill entitled: “A Bill for An Act to Amend the Niger-Delta Development Commission, NDDC Act 2000, to Provide for the Inclusion of Lagos State in the Commission as […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Court Orders Forfeiture Of N136m Found In Account Of Nigeria Major General

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Abuja has ordered the forfeiture of a staggering N136m found in the account of an army general. A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of $376,120 (estimated at about N136,155,440) allegedly linked to Major General Hakeem Otiki. The court gave the ruling on Wednesday after an […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Corruption: If Investigated, Most Officials Of Buhari’s Govt Will Go To Hell, Not Jail-Obasanjo

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that most of the officials in the Buhari-led government will not only go to jail but also go to hell if the entire government is investigated for corruption. According to him, this government is by far enmeshed in corruption. He said this in an interview with […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

A Growing Problem As Nigerian Rice Farmers Fall Short After Borders Close

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – Thomas Tyavwva Maji is planting rice on more of his land in Nigeria’s Benue State than ever to take advantage of a surge in prices since the country shut its land borders in August. But he says he cannot go much further. With no machinery or irrigation, limited manual labour […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

No Treatment For Deadly Coronavirus Yet, NCDC Warns

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said there was no specific cause for the deadly coronavirus yet. A statement released by the centre said the NCDC was working closely with the World Health Organisation to monitor the spread of the virus. It added that the Federal Ministry of Health had […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Re-Run: INEC Rejects APC Substitution, Fixes Akpabio’s Name On Ballot

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Indications emerged yesterday that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may have rejected the new candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC for Saturday’s re-run elections in Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district. Following the appointment of its candidate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio as Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, APC had last month […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »
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