LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Shettima Yerima has denied a statement credited to him that Igbo people from the Southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria will never produce a president. Against this declaration, the social media later became awash with reports that Igbo will never be given the opportunity of…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding ownership of $1billion domiciled with Unity Bank Plc continued on Monday as the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) denied any link with the alleged account. A whistleblower, John Okpurhe, had in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari accused the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump’s Twitch account is temporarily suspended from posting because of “hateful conduct,” Twitch said Monday. Trump’s Twitch account is another social platform for his campaign to distribute videos, including rebroadcasts of older events and rallies. One of the offending videos was a recording of the now-infamous rally where Trump said…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has lifted the ban on interstate travel and also approved the reopening of schools for graduating classes. Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, broke the news at the presidential task force briefing on Monday. He said students in primary six, Junior Secondary School 3 and Senior…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The second phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown in the country has been extended by four weeks, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has said. Nigeria imposed its first round of lockdown in late March. Mr Buhari on April 27 announced the gradual easing of…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit seeking to disqualify the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate from contesting the forthcoming governorship election in the state. The suit which has been filed since May 29, 2020 by Edobor Williams, Ugesia Godwin and…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A towering babel of criticisms have greeted the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to use the official Council Chambers of the State House in Aso Rock, Abuja to host last Thursday’s meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), attended by party bigwigs, including governors and…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state has ordered the reinstatement of four lecturers demoted by the Federal University of Otuoke, located in Otuoke, Ogbia local council area. Recall in 2018 the institution downgraded Professor Steve Nwabuzor from the rank of Professor to Lecturer I;…
