LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Tuesday at the Elegushi Beach, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, after four teenagers drowned while swimming in the water. PUNCH Metro gathered that 10 secondary school leavers, aged between 14 and 15, went to swim at the beach to celebrate the completion of their West African Senior…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission….
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The incarcerated human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has sued the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, over the her refusal to furnish him with his conviction order and copies of court proceedings, despite repeated applications. The lawyer, on Monday, filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Uyo, praying the court to direct…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent pendent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed Cyril Omorogbe as its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom following the exit of Mike Igini. The electoral body said this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Festus Okoye, on Tuesday. Having served as the INEC REC in the state for…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian electricity workers on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over pay, throwing parts of Africa’s most populous nation into darkness, a union leader said. The National Union of Electricity Employees called the nationwide industrial action to compel the government to honour a 2019 agreement to pay retired workers of a former state-owned electricity…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court on Wednesday ruled that Islamic religious law does not violate the constitution, dismissing a test-case challenge from a singer who was sentenced to death two years ago on the charge of blasphemy. But in a majority decision, the court in northern Kano state also upheld a lower court’s call…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has come under criticisms, over his tweet that a road safety officer who wanted to arrest him for answering a call while driving allowed him to go after noticing he is a policeman. Adejobi had claimed that to every rule, there must…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chris Eburu, manager of the late veteran musician Victor Uwaifo, has been charged to court over an alleged forgery of the latter’s will, the singer’s family recently announced. The family made this known while distancing itself from alleged plans by Chris to raise funds for the one-year anniversary of the singer’s death….
