Archive for: December, 2020

Unknown Gunmen Abduct Taraba State Lawmaker In Jalingo

LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Wednesday abducted the Member Representing Nguroje State Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed. An aide to the lawmaker said that Mohammed was kidnapped around 1am in his house in Jalingo, the state capital. According to the aide who […]

Money Laundering: Kenya Police Intercept N350m From Nigerian Travelling To Dubai

LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the mid hours of  yesterday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Kenya (DCIK) took to their official twitter page to announce that, they arrested a Foreigner who was traveling to Dubai, United Arabs Emirates from Nigeria. According to what was made public, the department confiscated over Ksh 100 million from the Nigerian. […]

Nana Akufo-Addo Re-Elected As Ghana’s President

LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Nana Akufo-Addo has won the 2020 presidential election in Ghana, defeating his closest challenger and former president John Mahama by polling 6,730,413 votes (51.59 per cent). Mr Mahama, who contested on the platform of the National Democratic Congress, got 6,240,889 votes (47.36 per cent). Mr Akufo-Addo, who contested on the platform […]

FG Orders MTN, Glo, Others To Stop Sale, Registration Of New SIM Cards

LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has ordered mobile telecommunication operators in the country to stop the sale and registration of new SIM cards. The directive applies to all mobile operators including MTN, Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat. The directive was contained in a statement by the communications ministry sent to PREMIUM TIMES. Read the full […]

Five Dead In Ghana Election Violence As Counter Accusations Fly

LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five people have been killed in election-related violence in Ghana, police said Wednesday, casting a shadow over a country hailed for its stable democracy. The deaths were reported as a flow of results confirmed the tight race for the presidency and Ghana’s neighbours called for a peaceful outcome after the main camps […]

Trump’s Campaign Attorneys Under Attack By Legal Colleagues

LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When lawsuits began flooding state and federal courts after Election Day, the legal team for President Trump’s reelection campaign, and his supporters, said that as a candidate he was merely exercising his right to explore every legal remedy at his disposal. More than four weeks and 40 losses later, observers in the […]

NASS Lacks Constitutional Power To Invite Buhari Over Insecurity —Malami

LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the National Assembly lacks the power to invite the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to speak on security matters. Malami, who is also the Minister of Justice, said this in a statement titled, ‘Buhari’s Summon: NASS Operates Outside Constitutional Bounds’ on Wednesday. […]

PDP Asks INEC To Deregister APC, Urges Nigeria To Celebrate Demise Of Party

LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reacting to the APC NEC meeting, the opposition PDP said Nigerians ought to start celebrating the demise of the party, which it described as the “tormentor” of Nigerians. In a statement titled: ‘PDP congratulates Nigerians as APC, their tormentor, finally fizzles’, signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja […]

APC Leadership Crisis Heighten As Expelled Ex-NWC Member Declares Self Chairman

LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former National Vice-Chairman (South-South), All Progressives Congress, Hilliard Eta, has rejected his expulsion by the National Executive Committee of the party, which met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. He described the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee as an illegal contraption, which had no constitutional powers to […]

Peter Obi Condemns High Rate Of Corruption In Nigeria, Proffers Solution

LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has condemned the high rate of corruption in the country, describing it as the bane of Nigeria’s development. In a message to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, celebrated on December 9, 2020, Obi lamented that Nigeria, and indeed […]

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