LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-SENATORS from the South-South geo-political zone have kicked against moves by the Senate to include Lagos, Ogun, Bauchi and others that have attained the status of oil producing states into Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The senators raised the objection, yesterday, during the consideration of a Bill for an Act to amend…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona announced on Friday that veteran defender Dani Alves will be returning to the club as new coach Xavi Hernandez’s first signing. Alves, 38, has been a free agent since leaving Sao Paulo in September but is ineligible until the transfer window opens early next window. He played for the Camp Nou…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old driver, Clement Itoro, has confessed to killing missing Vanguard reporter, Tordue Henry Salem, who was found dead on Thursday, in a hit-and-run incident. Itodo was paraded on Friday at the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) premises, Guzape, Abuja. Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, while briefing reporters said Itoro…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The management of THISDAY has disclaimed Mr. Stanley Nkwazema, one of the suspects paraded by the police on Thursday in connection with the invasion of the residence of Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili. The Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, had described Nkwazema, who was arrested along with other suspects…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to available information, Igbinedion who finished his tenure as governor in 2007 is being grilled at the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC for allegedly diverting public funds to the tune of N1.6 billion….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Save the Children International (SCI), the world’s leading independent organization for children, on Thursday said that a staggering 78 per cent of girls in northern Nigeria get married before the age of 18. The report, titled “State of the Nigerian Girl Report: An Incisive Diagnosis of Child Marriage”, and launched in Abuja by the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has refuted the claim of a suspect arrested in connection with the raid on the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. On October 30, security operatives — made up of soldiers and police officers — stormed the Abuja residence of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More facts have emerged on the October 29 raid on Justice Mary Odili’s Maitama residence as the police on Thursday paraded 14 suspects involved in the incident in Abuja. The police found out that the team who stormed the apartment were not security operatives. The men were said to have been led…
