LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo has written to the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow his members to distribute sensitive electoral materials and transport election officials on Election Day. This appeal is stated in a letter the union wrote…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A public policy think tank, the NEO AFRICANA CENTRE, has expressed dismay over the disinformation making the rounds that some presidential candidates in the February 25 polls are in merger talks with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a view to withdrawing from the race in favour of the PDP presidential candidate….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Actors Guild of Nigeria has reacted to a derogatory statement allegedly made by the diminutive governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Ruffai, referring to one of the presidential candidates as a “Nollywood Actor”. Reacting to the Governor’s remarks which he made in an interview granted to a private television news station…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the recent completion and commissioning of the $1.5 billion Lekki deep seaport, some landlocked countries have indicated interest in moving their cargoes from Lekki in Lagos to other African countries, given the opportunity of smooth operations and efficiency of the port. This comes as the newly inaugurated Dala Dry Inland Port…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was anxiety in the University of Benin Friday morning over an attack by soldiers late Thursday into the early hours of yesterday who allegedly invaded the main gate area of the University of Benin in Ugbowo where they unleashed mayhem on whoever was in sight and destroyed virtually every vehicle parked…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned Continental Broadcasting Service Limited, owners of TVC and owned by Bola Ahmed Tinubu for airing inflammatory, derogatory and unfair comments of campaign rallies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In separate letters addressed to chief executive officers of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anger and frustration have become the lots of Nigerians as they now sleep in various Bank Automated Teller Machines (ATM) locations in order to make withdrawal of new notes from the bank ATMs. SaharaReporters gathered that while some bank customers, in Enugu State for example, stayed till 2am until the funds loaded…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, two former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad for extra-judicial killing. Recall that five members of the SARS team, ASP Samuel Chigbu, Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, Ogoligo, and Olisa Emeka were standing trial for killing Michael Akor…