Archive for: January, 2021

Lawmaker-Elect Drags FG To Court Over Appointment of Sole Adm. For NDDC

LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Edo lawmaker elect, Dr. Washington Osifo, hasfiled a suit at the Federal High Court in Benin,  challenging the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), urging the court to declare the appointment “illegal, unconstitutional, null and void” as it negates the provision of the Act setting up […]

Buhari Frowns Against Muslim Group Call For Bishop Kukah To Vacate Katsina

LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly frowned at a comment a group based in Sokoto, “Muslim Solidarity Forum, calling on the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah to tender an unreserved apology to the entire Muslim Ummah over his recent “malicious comments” against Islam, or quietly and quickly leave the […]

Trump’s Administration Executes First Female Inmate Since 1953

LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)— A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate. Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. after receiving a lethal […]

IBEDC Kick Starts Distribution Of 104,000 Free Prepaid Meters

LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In line with the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) initiative of the Federal Government to bridge the country’s metering gap, the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), has commenced the distribution of a total of 104,000 free meters, with the aim to accelerate the rate of metering in the country and eliminate estimated […]

Trump Returns To Twitter, Knocks Social Media Platform, Denounce Capitol Rioters

LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump, who was just impeached by the House of Representatives for the second time, has returned to Twitter with a video message in which he slams the social media platform and denounces Capitol rioters. Trump, whose account @realDonaldTrump was banned from Twitter permanently on Jan. 8, posted a five-minute video […]

House Of Rep Impeaches US President Donald Trump Again

LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Trump on charges of “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol building by his supporters that left five people dead. Before Wednesday, no U.S. president had ever been impeached twice. The impeachment article was passed by […]

Botched Screening: Stranded NDLEA Cadets Vacate Plateau Training Camp

LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than one thousand intending personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who reported for screening and documentation at the agency’s training camp in Jos vacated their hostels on Tuesday as there was no official to attend to them. Some of the applicants, who were stranded, were seen with their […]

Muslim Group Orders Kukah To Vacate Sokoto

LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has been called upon to “quickly and quietly leave the seat of Caliphate” or immediately stop his malicious vituperations against Islam and Muslims and tender unreserved apology to the Muslim Ummah. Significantly, the call from the Muslim Solidarity Forum, Sokoto, in a press statement, […]

3 Suspects Nabbed With 134kg Of Cocaine At Lagos Airport Hidden In Hair Relaxers, Shirts Package

LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, has arrested three suspects with 137.8 kilograms of cocaine. The all male suspects were arrested at the Lagos International Airport, on January 6 and 8, 2021 with the illicit drugs hidden inside hair relaxers, embroidery tailoring […]

Pence Rejects Push From Democrats To Oust Trump

LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Mike Pence rejected a push from Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment to oust President Trump over his role in the Capitol riot, setting in motion a House vote Wednesday to impeach the president during his final week in office, this time with the support of some Republicans. Mr. Pence […]

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