LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The nominees for the Ballon d’Or were released Friday and two of the biggest names is soccer didn’t make the cut. Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. were not among the 30 nominees to win the award. For Messi, it marks the first time since 2005 he was not nominated for the award….
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is seeking the help of the court to wrest the PDP presidential candidacy from Atiku Abubakar. He has sued Abubakar, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held in Abuja on May…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One-time Governor of Akwa Ibom State and immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has been dragged to court over alleged failure to pay for a crowd rented to boost his aborted presidential bid. Court papers sighted by News Express showed that the case was filed on August 8,…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) Police on Thursday said it has intercepted a Dangote Truck loaded with at least one hundred bags of dry leaves suspected to be Cannabis. A statement by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh said the development was sequel to credible intelligence made available…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barring any last-minute change, a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, will declare interest to contest the Plateau Central senatorial seat on the platform of the Labour Party (LP). Dariye, former Taraba governor, Jolly Nyame, and three others were, on Monday, August 9, released from prison three months after their…
Barely few hours after the disclosure by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor of the arrest of four suspects of the Owo Catholic Church attackers, two additional suspected ISWAP terrorists who were also connected to the attack on the Church were apprehended at Omialafara (Omulafa), Ose LGA, Ondo State on Tuesday, 9th…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mounting attacks from jihadists and criminal gangs, including a brazen assault close to the capital, are creating a headache for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari as he sees out his last six months in office. Last month, the Islamic State group’s Nigerian affiliate ISWAP claimed a jailbreak outside just 20 kilometres (12 miles)…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his initial approval of Exxon Mobil’s sale of local offshore shallow water assets to Seplat, his spokesman said on Thursday, after the oil regulator refused to give its consent. Buhari on Monday consented to the $1.28 billion transaction, only for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission…
