LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Lecturers from Nigerian public universities who have been striking since February appealed a court ruling ordering them to suspend their action, which has kept students away from class for the past seven months. ASUU lawyer Femi Falana filed papers at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday seeking to set…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Five persons, comprising four male adults and a house wife, drowned in an attempt to escape being kidnapped by bandits at Chakumi village in Gurdi ward of Abaji area council of Abuja. It was reported that Chakumi shares boundary with neighboring Daku village through river Gurara in Dobi ward of Gwagwalada area…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 1,000 people were arrested in 37 cities across Russia during protests against President Vladimir Putin’s Wednesday order for the partial mobilisation of reservists to the war in Ukraine, an independent rights group said. Despite criticism of the military being illegal, protests broke out across the country and hundreds were arrested,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has confirmed his readiness to keynote the 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos. His confirmation was conveyed via a letter dated September 19, 2022 and addressed to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, in Ikeja yesterday sentenced Ayodeji Oluokun, an assistant Pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, to two years imprisonment for issuance of $1.6 million dud cheque. The convicted Pastor was charged alongside his company, Peak…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The legal firm of Malcolm Omirhobo And Co has given the Federal Government of Nigeria seven days ultimatum to release the certified true copy of the signed Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between the British Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria in relation to the reparation to the Federal Government of Nigeria by…
LAGOS SEPTEBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Congress of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners (CONMMEP) has commiserated with the Chairman of SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi over the demise of his twin brother, Mr. Kehinde Afolabi. In a condolence letter addressed to Dr. Afolabi and signed by CONMMEP President, Alhaji Tunde Umar- Daniah, the association regretted the painful exit of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military is urging people in three northwestern states to leave forested areas ahead of a bombing campaign targeting bandits and terrorists, according to local broadcast stations and a military official. An advertisement running on local television and radio stations warned people in Zamfara, Katsina and the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna…
