LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- As Ghanaians began voting on Monday (December 7), an issue at the front of many minds is the economy. The West African economic powerhouse this year suffered its first quarterly economic contraction in nearly four decades and the two main candidates for the presidency are both offering a recovery. Incumbent President…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Sunday rejected one of its members’ call for impeachment processes to commence against President Muhammadu Buhari. Hon. Kingsley Chinda, representing Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency in Rivers State at the House of Representatives had earlier on Sunday, in a press release, called on Nigerians irrespective of political party, tribe,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has called on security agencies and the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, to fish out the killers of an Ijaw youth leader, Enebraye Zuokemefa Peter. Zuokemefa, who hails from Sagbama and lectures at the Bayelsa College of Education was gruesomely murdered in cold blood in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazụ, has suspended his Chief of Staff, ACB Agbazuere. The governor’s decision was announced in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Chris Ezem. He said the suspension is with immediate effect. Although Mr Ezem did not give a reason for the suspension, a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of worshippers at the Power of Pentecostal Church, Okposi Achara, in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state flee when unidentified gunmen invaded the place and shot the pastor’s wife, Chinyere Uchechukwu. It was gathered that the incident, which took place recently, brought the church service to abrupt end, as members…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A car washer, Idris Ayotunde was on Friday arrested by men of the Ogun State Police command with maroon coloured Ford car with registration number EPE 707 FM, which he stole from his customer in Lagos. The suspect, according to a statement issued by the command image maker, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tabaré Vázquez, an Uruguayan oncologist who rose from poverty to win two terms as the country’s first socialist president, died Dec. 6 at home in Montevideo, the capital. He was 80. Dr. Vázquez announced last year that he had lung cancer, a disease he had dedicated much of his life to fighting. His…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A North Korean citizen was publicly executed by authorities for violating “emergency quarantine measures,” according to Radio Free Asia. The November firing squad shooting of a man accused of smuggling with his Chinese business partners was ordered in an effort to scare other citizens into strict compliance with the totalitarian nation’s emergency…