LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has disqualified the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, from contesting Saturday’s Oyo State APC governorship primary. Shittu was disqualified for failing to participate in the mandatory one year National Youth Service scheme at the time he graduated from the university. He was 25…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Jehovah’s Witnesses must pay $35 million to a woman who says the church’s national organization ordered Montana clergy members not to report her sexual abuse as a child at the hands of a congregation member, a jury ruled in a verdict. A judge must review the penalty, and the Jehovah’s Witnesses’…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Air Niugini plane hit the water short of the runway while trying to land at Chuuk Island in the Federated States of Micronesia on Friday morning. Striking footage from the scene shows people being rescued in boats from the half-submerged plane, in images reminiscent of the 2009 crash-landing in New York…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28 (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State rerun conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been decided with the All Progressive Alliance’s (APC) candidate, Gboyega Oyetola winning the poll. The keenly contested election had been declared inconclusive by INEC on Sunday which necessitated a rerun. The APC candidate polled 1,160 votes which increased his…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Property worth hundreds of millions of Naira, farmlands, crops, fish ponds, worship centers, schools and roads have been destroyed in Bayelsa State, no thanks to the ravaging floods that has affected communities. Residents are now seeking the intervention of the federal and state governments, through the National Emergency Management Agency and State…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State governorship rerun witnessed a set back as voters were forced to flee a polling unit in Osogbo, as gunshots were being fired. Calm was, however, restored as security officials immediately swung into action. Prior to the shooting, security operatives had arrested three men for allegedly carrying charms and banned…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The creativity and ingenuity of the Delta State Chairman of All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP) Prince Alex Oyoro has taken a new dimension on Wednesday at Boji-Boji Owa in Ika North East Local Government Council as 12,000 female volunteers in what is known as ‘AGAP Operation Rule Delta 2019’ were commissioned as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-: The growing diabetes epidemic will be an important topic when the United Nations General Assembly meets to discuss non-communicable diseases on September 27. Ahead of the meeting, new research from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reveals only 17% of people believe their government is doing enough to tackle diabetes. Diabetes caused…
