LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Truckers and importers have decried multiple extortion experienced in the hands of ‘area boys’ across the roads in Lagos state. The area boys are to be inflicting hardship on the truck owners and truck drivers by making life and business difficult for them. Speaking with Daily Sun on the menace, truck owners…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African diaspora, made up of individuals and communities of African descent living outside the continent, has long been a source of financial support for African countries. In recent years, the shift towards digitalisation has made it easier for diaspora investors to connect with and invest in African businesses and projects. “We…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi (C) talks to the media at his house in Amatutu on February 25, 2023, before polls open during Nigeria’s presidential and general election. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP) The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has defeated his counterpart in the All Progressives…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday said over 20 political thugs have been arrested in connection with cases of electoral violence and ballot box snatching recorded in parts of the state during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin said the police…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) on Sunday asked the United States of America (USA), European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to keep to his promise to ensure free and fair 2023 elections and to hand over to the duly elected President on May 29,2023….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent at the Benue North-East (Zone A) senatorial district collation centre in Katsina-Ala, Benue State, Mson Atseh, on Sunday, slumped and died during the collation and announcement of Saturday’s senatorial election results. LEADERSHIP gathered that the PDP agent was representing a former governor of the State and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has chided the hierarchy of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for spending the entire four years since the last 2019 general elections preparing for the presidential and legislative elections only to churn out a ‘shambolic, criminally manipulated and anything but…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), Sunday evening arrested the Abia State Resident Electorial Commisioner (REC) of the Independent National Electorial Commission (INEC), Chijioke Uzochukwu for absconding from his duty post. It was gathered that Ezeani was arrested on Sunday, after he went into hiding in a hotel in Umuahia…