LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minna, the Niger State capital has been thrown into mourning following the death of twin brothers in an accident on Tuesday. The brothers were recruited into Police force the same day and have been reportedly popular because of their commitment to duty. Tears flowed freely as relations and members of Niger State…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, Chief Lionel Jonathan-Omo, is dead. Jonathan-Omo, the Deputy Campaign Director General of Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation during the 2016 governorship election in the state reportedly had a fatal fall from the balcony of his two-storey building in his country home in Beleu-Pogo in…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has sued the APC, its national chairman Adams Oshiomhole, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as well as 51 others. R-APC Chairman, Mr Buba Galadima, and Kassim Afegbua file the suit on behalf of other members of the group on Thursday at the Federal High…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Adamawa State government says a humanitarian crisis may be looming in the state, as a result of the herdsmen-farmers crisis in parts of the country. Governor Mohammed Jibrilla raised the alarm in a statement on Thursday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh. He attributed the likely cause to…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)The inspector-general of police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, says Boko Haram insurgents are set to release Leah Sharibu, an abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, TheCable reports. Sharibu is the only girl in captivity out of the 110 students abducted on February 19. She was held back because of her refusal to convert from Christianity to…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Operations, who is also in charge of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Ekiti state, Mr. Habila Joshua, said he never ordered his men to attack members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He also said he was not aware of any attack on the state governor, Ayo…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Thursday, led the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to the National Assembly to protest against the alleged assault by men of the Nigeria Police on the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. It would recall that Fayose, on…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) on Thursday, confirmed 31 lawyers as Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). The list was announced during a briefing at the Supreme Court complex in Abuja. The Secretary of the Committee, Hadizatu Mustapha said the successful candidates will take their oath on September 24. The new SANs…
