LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ailing Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has handed over affairs of the State to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and embarked on a medical leave. According to the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Olamide Oladiji, who confirmed the development on Tuesday, the Governor asked for a 21-day leave for…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, identified simply as Taye, has died of electrocution after he rammed into an unfenced transformer in Idi-Oro, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. During a visit to the area on Monday, it was gathered from residents that Taye was under the influence of a brand of illicit drug popularly…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A boat conveying no fewer than 100 persons including a father and his four children, on Monday, capsized with scores reportedly dead at Egbu village in the Patigi local government area of Kwara State. Tribune Online gathered that about 50 bodies have been recovered from the incident while the incident had reportedly…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In his bid to establish his allegations of malpractices in the conduct of the February 25 presidential election, the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the last election, Peter Gregory Obi on Tuesday, tendered additional 188 exhibits against the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the election. The exhibits, mainly results…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prominent leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State and member of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Olorogun Bernard Okumagba, has congratulated the APC as well as other National Assembly members representing Delta State on their successful inauguration, on June 13, 2023, as members of…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian lawmakers elected Godswill Akpabio as senate president after the inauguration of the new national assembly by President Bola Tinubu. Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs who served two terms as governor of Akwa Ibom state, beat another contender Abdulaziz Yari to emerge. He won 63 out of the…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and civil society organisations (CSOs) under the aegis of the Coalition of National Civil Society Organisations (CNCSOs) have demanded that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, resigns from office. The CNPP and the CSOs issued a 14-day ultimatum to…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Democracy Day celebration in parts of Plateau State on Monday turned into a day of mourning for communities in Barakin-Ladi and Riyom local government areas of the state, following the killing of about twenty-one people, including a clergyman, by the rampaging Fulani terrorists. According to a statement by the Beron Youth…