http://ift.tt/2zyzN5E LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Government on Sunday reacted to a claim by the media office of a former governor of the state, Timipre Silva Media Office describing it as a futile attempt to distract the administration of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. Dickson was accused of plotting to orchestrate a campaign of calumny…
http://ift.tt/2iQUpeJ Ambode LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it would begin to shut the corporate headquarters of organisations that had defaulted in remitting statutory taxes to the government from November 20, 2017. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Akinyemi Ashade, who made the disclosure on Sunday in Lagos, said some banks had…
http://ift.tt/2i9bvVP Chief Edwin Clark LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Elder statesman and former Federal Information Minister, Chief Edwin Clark, has queried the cost of deployment of military personnel including its hardwares to the Niger Delta region. Clark who spoke against the back drop of military activities in the Niger Delta region, however warned “government officials and security…
http://ift.tt/2zDVjTV Alex Ekweme LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Second Republic Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, was on Sunday airlifted abroad for further medical treatment. Ekwueme was hospitalised at Memfys Hospital of Neurosurgery, Enugu, for chest inflection on October 29. The elder statesman departed the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday in a white…
http://ift.tt/2yuk6IF LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Except President Buhari intervenes, the Niger Delta region could be thrown into another crisis, following allegations that the cabals in the Presidency have collected $500 million bribe from the current Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to elongate their tenure. Among those who have received the largesse on behalf…
http://ift.tt/2huM1VW LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denied reports that 70 per cent of drugs in the country are fake and described such information as false and misleading. NAFDAC spokesperson Abubakar Jimoh while reacting on the report on Sunday in Abuja said the statement from the…
http://ift.tt/2jm2V9N LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army says it has has instituted a Board of Inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the shooting incident that resulted in the death of an officer and a Senior Non-Commission Officer at Chibok in Borno. According to a statement issued by Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman the incident occurred on Sunday,…
http://ift.tt/2yq5rhN LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A protest march by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky in Abuja has turned violent. Daily Trust reports that trouble started when about 10,000 members of the sect, who were on their way to Unity Fountain, Abuja, on Friday, November 10,…