LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has reiterated that political parties must abide by the provisions of the law, INEC’s regulations and guidelines as well as their Constitutions and guidelines in choosing their candidates in future elections. Stressing that INEC will monitor the primaries as required by law,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari must do everything to ensure that he fulfills the promise he made to the entire world by ensuring that the 2023 elections are credible, free and fair, former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, said on Tuesday. Obi, Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has upped its game in the area of trade facilitation and consequently recorded a huge improvement in revenue generation. At a media briefing this afternoon in the conference room of the Command, the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Hammi Swomen…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A twenty five-year-old female house help, Dominion Okoro, a native of Calabar, Cross River State, yesterday revealed how she used a stool in the early hours of December 2 to hit the head and killed Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, 85, the mother of former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion. Okoro,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission on Tuesday approved the promotion of two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to the next rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police. The two AIG’s promoted to DIGs are AIG Zaki M. Ahmed and AIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo. A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, head of Press and Public Relations noted…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen said Tuesday that he will be available to play for Nigeria at the Africa Cup of Nations despite currently being out of action while recovering from a smashed cheekbone. Napoli forward Osimhen looked certain to miss out on the continental tournament, which is scheduled to kick off on January 9,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A brawl has broken out in Ghana’s parliament during a late-night session over a contentious government-proposed levy on electronic transactions. MPs shoved, pushed and threw punches at each other, while others tried to stop the fighting. The chaos started after opposition MPs rushed forward to prevent Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei Owusu from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the relative of a patient at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for allegedly attacking medical workers at the hospital. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified relative brought the patient with a gunshot injury in a Toyota Sienna to the surgical emergency unit of…