LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Commissioner for Information in Anambra State, Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, has confirmed the recent revelation by the Presidency that erstwhile governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, was impeached because of his failure to inflate the budget. Uzodike, however, clarified that the Presidency under former President Goodluck Jonathan and the then…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Brigade Commander of 35 Artillery Brigade, Ogun State, General Olaniyi Olatunde, said the three trucks contained over 300,000 live cartridges of pump-action ammunition. Olatunde said the drivers of the trucks fled and abandoned the ammunition but efforts are being made to get them. While displaying the impounded trucks and ammunition before newsmen,…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST *NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has discharged and acquitted a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N2.6bn. In a lead judgment on Friday by Justice Yargatta Nimpar, a three-man appellate court panel upheld the no-case submission…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s appeal that youths should not contest for the Presidency in 2019. Buhari, while signing the Not Too Young To Run Bill, had appealed to the youth movement to “postpone” their “campaigns” until after 2019. The President had said, “Please, can I…
Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie said Melaye needs mental evaluation. Recall that the embattled lawmaker had yesterday challenged Buhari to apologize to the National Assembly over his recent comment that some lawmakers have spent a long time without doing anything. Speaking in Abuja, last week, Buhari had wondered what members of the…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight persons suspected to be cultists have been feared killed in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, following a renewed cult war between two cults – Greenlanders and Boboos. The two groups, it was learnt, threatened more clashes in the coming days. Some residents of Yenagoa metropolis, particularly those living on…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria return to Wembley for the first time in nearly 24 years to face England in a high-profile friendly as the 2018 World Cup preparations nears an end for both sides. Back in 1994, we were coming off a World Cup in the United States where the debutant Super Eagles had caught…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A teacher, Abimbola Olamide, has been arrested by policemen from the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her husband, Dare Akinbobola, to death at their residence in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. There was an argument between the couple on Wednesday, which degenerated into a fight. In the ensuing brawl,…
