LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Rivers State High Court has issued an order retraining the police and the State Security Service from arresting or detaining former acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh. The Presiding Judge, Justice E. N. Thompson, gave the order on Suit No: PHC/1128 FHR/2020, between Dr. Joi…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-British Airways is to retire its fleet of Boeing 747 with immediate effect due to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. The airline has used the craft since July 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model. It was planning to retire the fleet of 31 craft in…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old man has paid the supreme price for telling his friend about a heavy sum his South Africa based elder brother sent to him for the completion of his (elder brother’s) housing project back home in Nigeria. Abuchi Wisdom Nwachukwu, was allegedly murdered by Moses, his friend and colleague, after informing…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to appear before it over allegations leveled against him on the N81.5bn fraud saga. The summon was necessitated by weighty allegations pressed against Akpabio Friday by the immediate Managing Director…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of 35 political parties in Edo State have collapsed their structures in support of the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the forthcoming September 19 governorship election. Leader of the coalition, Hon. Collins Dare Oreruan, who addressed a press conference in Benin City on Friday, said the group is made…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated strategic campaign team for Dr Okonjo-Iweala as she contests for the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Richard Adebayo, inaugurated the team in Abuja and said the creation of a campaign strategy group was vital in ensuring…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has commenced a legal process against Joy Nunieh, a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Akpabio ordered his lawyer to seek court redress against Nunieh over allegations she made against him. The Minister’s directive was contained in a statement signed and…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Gobum Mukan, has called on Governor Nyesom Wike to hand over former Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joi Nunieh, who is currently taking refuge at the Government House in Port Harcourt. The Rivers State Police boss called on the governor to…
