By Barr. Festus Okoye Introduction LAGOS MMARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On the 25th day of February 2020 the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria assented to the Bill for an Act to repeal the Electoral Act No. 6 2010 and enact Electoral Act, 2022, to regulate the conduct of the Federal, State and Area Council…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has said there are other challenges that led to the nationwide power outage apart from the issue of the drop in water level at dams. The Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, said this Wednesday while fielding questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has ordered the immediate and indefinite suspension of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Chairperson for the Edo State Police Command, Mrs. Helen Atekha Odemwingie. The Force equally decried the illegal use of police uniforms, kits and accoutrements by non-police individuals and groups. A statement signed by…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stakeholders were unanimous in support for the Merchant Shipping Act, Repeal and Enactment Bill 2021 during the public hearing yesterday, Wednesday 6th March, 2023 at the National Assembly complex Abuja. The Chairman House Committee on the Nigerian Navy Honorable Yusuf Gagdi has commended the Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prince Emeka Obasi, the publisher of Hallmark Newspaper, is dead. According to a statement by the deceased’s family, Obasi died on Tuesday at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos. The publisher had been battling a medical condition over the past few years.The statement read: “The family of Prince Emeka Obasi announces the passing …
LAGOS MMARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast near Fukushima, Japan – the site of a nuclear disaster in 2011 – late Wednesday, killing four people according to Japanese officials. The earthquake, upgraded from an original 7.3 magnitude, knocked out power to more than 2 million customers across the country and injured 97 people, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embattled Police Chief, Abba Kyari has claimed that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has been assisting drug dealers to bring in Cocaine into Nigeria. This newspaper earlier reported that Kyari and four other police officers under the IRT were arrested in February for attempting to bribe an NDLEA officer with…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who was detained after holding up an antiwar sign that read “They’re lying to you” during a live Russian state television broadcast, appeared in court on Tuesday. She was given a 30,000 rouble (£214) fine A news editor with Channel One, Ovsyannikova was seen on Monday carrying a poster…