http://ift.tt/2yaIDSY Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-For the second time in two years, Bayelsa State? has emerged overall best in the National Festival for Arts and Culture ?(NAFEST) competition which came to a climax last Saturday. Kaduna and Lagos stares came second and third respectively while Delta and Ogun states were joint…

http://ift.tt/2m00fiY LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The recently concluded Global Nutrition Summit 2017 (http://APO.af/kpSRbS), held in Milan, Italy, convened governments, international agencies, foundations, civil society organisations and businesses to accelerate the global response to malnutrition, an underlying cause of nearly half of all global child deaths. A major highlight of the Summit was the pledge by the…

http://ift.tt/2yclwrj LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and the Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, have descended into a major tax avoidance scandal in Europe following revelations that they most likely skipped the payment of about £11million value added tax while importing luxury jets into the European…

http://ift.tt/2yDsHNg Ian Squire, an optometrist, killed by kidnappers in Delta community LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British aid worker kidnapped last month in southern Nigeria has been killed, while three other hostages have been freed, says the Foreign Office. Ian Squire, an optometrist, was one of four Britons working for a medical charity in the Niger…

http://ift.tt/2AeJtPf Ekweremadu LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated the people and Government of Enugu State on the successful conduct of the November 4, 2017 Local Government election in the State, describing it as the best council election in Nigeria’s recent history. Ekweremadu, who commended the State Government…

http://ift.tt/2hdS7K0 LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, has filed a libel suit against the Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Hamman Misau. Idris is demanding N5 billion as compensation for alleged defamation. The Federal Government, through the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, had earlier preferred criminal charges against…

http://ift.tt/2AjL337 Obasanjo LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has observed that Nigeria’s economy is not booming yet. He made the observation at the 52nd Annual Service of Songs of the 1st ECWA Church, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Obasanjo, who spoke in Yoruba during the church service, urged Nigerians to be patient, adding that…

http://ift.tt/2zgY4Ns LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)– More than 100 pupils from Nigeria’s six geo-political zones have been awarded full-board six-year secondary school scholarships by the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) in the third set of the NNPC/SNEPCo National Cradle-to-Career (NC2C) programme designed to give top quality education to bright but indigent youths. The latest…