LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stranded World Cup fans who hoped to stay in “fan villages” are being offered full refunds by the Supreme Committee in charge of organizing the event, according to ESPN. Those fans were left without acceptable accommodations after “fan village” sites were left without basic amenities, like toilets and wash basins. The “fan…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has felicitated with the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, who marked his 70th birthday celebration with an Episcopal High Mass at Awka. Obi, who addressed journalists in Awka, described Bishop Ezeokafor as one who has continued to dutifully…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, disqualified the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, over dual citizenship. Tonye Cole is said to be a citizen of the United Kingdom. The court also ruled that the APC did not comply with the Electoral…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWRANGERS)-National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has disclaimed reports that he is opposed to the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Results Viewing Portal IReV for next year’s general election. At a news conference on Thursday in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has kicked against the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS and the INEC Results Viewing Portal IReV, saying Nigeria is not ripe for the use of such technology. This was as the electoral umpire insisted there…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today recovered a gun (Pump Action) inside an unregistered vehicle (Honda) impounded for driving against traffic (One-way) in Lagos. The General Manager of LASTMA Mr. Bolaji Oreagba disclosed that the impounded unregistered vehicle (Black Honda) was apprehended by the patrol team of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has related Nigeria to a vehicle with knocked engine caused by the recklessness and quackery of its past drivers, saying that a new Nigeria is possible if entrusted into the hands of trained, confident and fully qualified drivers, Baba Datti Ahmed…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos Human Right Lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has stated that the Arabic inscription on the redesigned 200, 500 and 1000 Naira notes is not only a clear violation of the provisions of sections 10, 42(1)(2) and 55 of the Nigerian 1999 constitution but inimical to the unity of Nigeria. He complained that…