LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Nuhu Abok, has been impeached by eight members of the legislative arm of the government. The member representing Pengana Constituency, Yakubu Sanda, was named as the new Speaker. He was removed in the early hours of Thursday by the lawmakers from the ruling…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The passport control officer at the Ikoyi passport office under the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ibrahim Liman, a deputy comptroller of immigration, has been removed. The development is a follow-up to a recent undercover investigation by the NIS acting comptroller general, Isa Idris, who disguised on October…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former senator from Akwa Ibom State, Nelson Effiong, has spent more than 50 days in captivity, since he was abducted by gunmen around September 6 in Uyo. Antai Effiong, a lawyer and younger brother to the former senator, told PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday, that he was yet to be set free by…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Report has revealed that the man who put himself up for sale for N20m has been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board. The Commander General of Kano Hisbah Board revealed in BBC Pidgin programme why the man was arrested. Recall that Naija News earlier reported that a young man who is…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected smugglers on Tuesday attacked operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service in Fagbohun village, Idogo/Ipaja, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt that while one of the officers was killed, another was missing. The incident happened when the officers, who were attached to the Federal Operations…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian pilot, Jibril Adamu, 58, and his counterpart from the United States of America, Jean-Claude Okongo Landji, 58, are awaiting sentencing after a US jury returned guilty verdicts against them on Monday for conspiring to traffic cocaine to West Africa. The pilots were charged for using a private jet to traffic…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona have sacked first-team coach Ronald Koeman following Wednesday’s defeat to Rayo Vallecano. The 58-year-old was already under pressure after his side lost to Real Madrid at the weekend and this latest reverse – their fourth in their last six matches – proved the final straw for the board. Barca currently sit…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Union said on Wednesday it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power. The continent-wide bloc said it “strongly condemns the seizure of power” and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities “until the effective…