LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Electoral Commission on Friday declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Douye Diri, as the winner of the November 16 governorship election held in Bayelsa State. The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission would give him the Certificate of Return in compliance with the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the death of his bosom friend and former Commissioner for Utilities in his Government, Dr. Emeka Nwankwu, as shocking and devastating, stating that in his death, that part of him (Obi) also died. Obi…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government has pledged N36 million cash gift to any Nigerian scientist who can find a cure for Coronavirus. Minister of Techology, Ogbonnaya Onu, announced this when he spoke at the send forth party organised in honour of the former director of Chemical Technology in the ministry, who recently retired. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of a group of five Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945, mysteriously reappeared this morning (Thursday, February 13th, 2020) at the Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard, Florida. Around 7:15 AM this morning, a single-engine propeller aircraft arrived in the vicinity of the United States Air Force restricted flight zone…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In several news reports, World Bank President David Malpass was recently quoted as saying some Multilateral Development Banks, including the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org), have a ttendency to lend too quickly and in the process, add to the continent’s debt problems. ADB, however described the allegation as inaccurate and not fact based,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the judgment delivered, today, the 13th day of February, 2020, by the Supreme court on the Bayelsa governorship election, one will be begin to wonder why the founder of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), T.B Joshua, had told the embattled Governor-Elect of Bayelsa, David Lyon, not to give testimony…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has said the Supreme Court’s judgment annulling the party’s victory in Bayelsa State lacks the fruit of justice. Oshiomhole said this at a media briefing in Abuja, on Thursday, signaling the party’s intention to challenge the judgment in court. He explained that by…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-From the approach, the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), a Pan African non-governmental, non-religious, non-political and not-profit civil society organization, utilizes internationally and locally identified strategies, partners with relevant stakeholders within and outside Nigeria, to promote activities geared towards peace building, advocacy for human rights, good governance and gender mainstreaming, sustainable…