LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-London-based news magazine, The Economist, has described the government of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as inept and high-handed, adding that he had also failed to tackle corruption. The 178-year-old magazine said this in an editorial titled, ‘The Crime Scene at the Heart of Africa,’ which was published in its…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has commenced training of Presiding Officers (POs) and Assistant Presiding Officers on Polling and Counting Procedures in Preparation for Anambra Governorship Elections which commenced on Friday October 22, 2021. The Anambra State Governorship Election is scheduled to hold on 6th November, 2021. A statement made…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of persons were reportedly killed after a petrol pipeline exploded at Rumuekpe community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Community sources told our reporter that the incident which occurred on Thursday, was as a result of oil bunkering activities. One of the sources said youths of the community were…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (MEWSRANGERS)-An elephant has trampled a suspected poacher to death in South Africa’s famed Kruger National Park, a spokesman said Friday. The mangled body was discovered Thursday during an intelligence operation aimed at preventing poaching, Kruger spokesman Isaac Phaahla told AFP. But before any animals were harmed, an elephant stomped one poacher to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-FBN Holdings Plc Friday denied claims by online media that the Nigerian business mogul, Femi Otedola has acquired majority stake in the bank. In a statement signed by the company secretary, Seye Kosoko obtained from Nigerian Exchange Limited(NGX), the bank is yet to receive any notification from the individual mentioned on such…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dropped a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, designate, Nworka Chidi Benjamin 24 hours after his elevation to the rank was discovered to have been done in error. The apex court through The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) said on Friday that the list of Senior Advocates…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governorship candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Mr. Val Ozigbo has condemned what he called “mindless non-payment of gratuities to civil servants that retired in Anambra State since 2017.” In a release made available to NewsRangers, Mr. Ozigbo said it was unbelievable that after the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed; and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, have indicated interest to contest for president in the 2023 general elections. Makinde said they are among the “eminently qualified” personalities in the Peoples Democratic…