LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Professor Ben Nwabueze (SAN), a renowned constitutional lawyer and former education minister, has emerged as the lead counsel for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal begins to call out witnesses in the PDP candidate’s suit challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the February 23 presidential election. Atiku had filed…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Development Bank Group and the Africa Finance Corporation, will meet industry and business leaders in Abuja, Nigeria on Monday, 09 July 2019 as part of a roadshow to woo investors ahead of its second Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in November. AIF − the continent’s biggest investment marketplace for accelerated economic…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two people have been killed and dozens of vehicles burnt on Thursday after thieves breached a fuel pipeline causing an explosion, emergency services said. The incident, which happened in the early hours in the Ijegun area of Lagos, is the latest in a long string of such accidents. “We have recovered two…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Okon Abang has dismissed a suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. The suit is challenging and seeking to restrain the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by the Benue State House of Assembly The court, on Thursday, also awarded…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Committee on Prisons Reform and Decongestion has ordered the unconditional release of three family members on death row in Enugu Maximum Prisons. The Chairman of the committee, Justice Ishaq Bello, gave the order on Wednesday during their sitting in Enugu. Bello said that the committee after reviewing the circumstances that…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Respondents to the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have called for the “suspension” of proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Thursday (today). Thursday was scheduled for the commencement of trial, when the petitioners challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Northern youths under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Group, CNG, has issued a 30-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the Ruga policy across the country. The group also warned that they will resort to a line of action after the deadline expires. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, CNG spokesperson, while addressing…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Companies in Nigeria on Wednesday won the coveted Excellence Award at the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, held in Abuja. This is coming on the heels of a streak of other industry leadership awards recently garnered by Shell including the best local content company from the Nigeria Content Development…
