Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the hitch-free conduct of the recent Ijaw National Congress (INC) election indicated that Nigeria can hold rancour-free national elections. Diri stated this on Friday during the inauguration of the new INC leadership at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa. He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The phrase that Nigerian militant group Boko Haram had been “technically defeated” is ringing increasingly hollow. Seven months into his first term in 2015 President Muhammadu Buhari coined the term, but the group and its offshoots have never gone away. The military has managed to retake territory and dislodged the fighters from…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to depart Nigeria on Sunday to Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend African Finance Summit. In a statement by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the summit will focus on reviewing African economy, following shocks from COVID-19 pandemic, and getting relief, especially from increased debt burden…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Rivers State at the weekend as the police denied storming hideout of some of the fleeing wounded gunmen in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Rivers State, killing four of them and a female nurse. It was earlier gathered that a tactical team of the Nigerian Police carried out the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebonyi State Commissioner for Housing, Uche Okah, is dead. Ukah reportedly died on Friday at a hospital in Abuja, where she was receiving treatment over an undisclosed illness. Governor David Umahi on Saturday commiserated with the husband of the deceased, Celestine Okah, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN) and maritime stakeholders has concluded plans to hold a one-day programme to review activities and policies in the maritime industry in first quarter of 2021. A press statement sighted by NewsRangers disclosed that the programme slated for Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Lagos, will pave the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embittered by the unfortunate shooting and killing of four residents of Iseyin Town by men of the Nigerian Customs Service on Thursday, the Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba (Dr.) Salaudeen Adekunle Ajinese and other stakeholders of the ancient community yesterday pronounced outright expulsion of the security operatives from the community. The monarch made…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Asian Football Confederation has announced North Korea has pulled out of qualification for the 2022 World Cup. “The (AFC) has today confirmed the withdrawal of the DPR Korea Football Association from the Asian Qualifiers,” the AFC said in a statement on Sunday. Pyongyang has not yet given an official reason for…
