http://ift.tt/2BNCi2i LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government says it has a record of 2,778 Nigerian migrants registered in “accessible” detention camps in Libya, ready for repatriation. The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement signed by the Spokesperson, Tiwatope Elias-Fatiile, on Tuesday, said the country’s embassy in Libya had been visiting detention camps to…

http://ift.tt/2BNCw9E Dickson LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday explained that the November salary for civil servants had yet to be paid because the Federal Ministry of Finance has not released the monthly federal allocation and the expected Paris Club debt refund to the state. A statement by the State Commissioner for Information and…

http://ift.tt/2BBY2gl Dangote LAGOS DECEMBER 6T (NEWSRANGERS)- Aliko Dangote was honored last night at the Bloomberg 50 annual gala dinner at New York’s iconic Gotham Hall. Bloomberg’s list of 50 most influential names (http://APO.af/hCnHFd) who have had an impact on the world in 2017 included Dangote, Africa’s richest person, for his outstanding commitment of over $4B…

http://ift.tt/2nwKm4e Atiku LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has forged ahead with his politicking towards 2019, as he just appealed to former Peoples Democratic Party PDP members in other political parties to toe the same line with him, by ‘returning home’. Atiku made the appeal Tuesday in Abuja when he paid a courtesy…

http://ift.tt/2A8bsV3 CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), default quality LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Lawmakers in the upper house of Nigeria’s parliament voted on Tuesday to launch an investigation into alleged acts of brutality by a specialist unit of the police. The move follows a social media campaign calling for the Special Anti-Robbery Squad…

http://ift.tt/2A9ZDxS Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has been responsible for a massive anti-drug campaign that has left thousands dead in his country. More children are dying, Amnesty International said Monday. File Pool Photo by Jorge Silva/EPA-EFE LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS) — Dozens of minors are being shot dead as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continues his war…

http://ift.tt/2ARKPDE LAGOS DECEMBER 5H (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversy has trailed the death of a secondary school teacher in Anambra State, Miss Rita Odilinye of Starlight Secondary School, Ogidi in Idemili North local government area following reports that she was killed by the mother and a relation of her schoolgirl who she allegedly flogged for not carrying out her…

http://ift.tt/2AvqIsc Dr Ifeanyi Okowa LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday inaugurated the National Planning Committee to conduct its Dec. 9 national convention. The committee headed by Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta was inaugurated by the Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the party, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, in Abuja. At the ceremony, Makarfi…