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,…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday advised Nigerian youths to postpone their presidential ambitions till after 2019. Buhari, who has declared his interest in seeking re-election during the 2019 elections, gave the advice shortly after signing Not-Too-Young-to-Run Bill into law at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He described the bill as a landmark law,…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Uya Oro youths in Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday, set a Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, vehicle ablaze over the death of a cyclist and his two passengers. Trouble started when officers of the Nigeria Customs Service chased after a vehicle that was conveying three bags of rice…
