LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammad Adamu, on Tuesday said the Force would need N24.8bn to fuel its fleet of vehicles and motorcycles in a year. He said this when he presented the 2020 budget performance. He also defended the 2021 budget proposal before the House of Representatives Committee on Police. Adamu…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for more financial and intellectual investments in STEM education in the country with an appeal to the youths to take STEM learning and opportunities more seriously. Speaking in a message to commemorate World Science…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been reinstated. This was contained in a statement from the Ministry of Education’s Director Press and Public Relations, Ben-Bem Goong, on Wednesday. The statement was titled, ‘Re: Report of special visitation panel to UNILAG’. It read in part, “President Muhammadu…
By Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN, OFR INTRODUCTION LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In difficult and trying times like these, such as we are presently experiencing in Nigeria, it becomes incumbent on patriots to ‘be extremely circumspect, even advisedly taciturn, in making public comments on trending burning issues. This is to prevent further pouring petrol on an already…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Nigerian nationals were convicted by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for funding Boko Haram in 2019, according to Daily Trust. This was disclosed on Monday in an exclusive report by Daily Trust. The media platform revealed that the Nigerians were responsible for laundering…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Zone 6, Wuse, Abuja, yesterday convicted a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Victor Mela, of lying on oath in his Form CF001 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a candidate in the 2019 general elections. The chief magistrate convicted the lawmaker representing…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is fear among residents of Igueben in Igueben local government area of Edo State as unknown gunmen on Monday evening invaded the police station entered its armoury, carting away arms and ammunition and in the process reportedly killed three persons including two policemen and others seriously injured. Although police had denied…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barring any last-minute change, a former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim will today be arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on three-count criminal charges filed against him by the Inspector General of Police. The former governor is also facing defamation charge before Justice Ihuoma Chukwunyere…
