LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected sea pirates have abducted two policemen in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The victims were abducted yesterday from a passenger boat they had boarded from Ngo, headquarters of Andoni. It was gathered that the policemen had boarded the boat at the jetty to the new road, Ogoni – Andoni-Opobo-Nkoro…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The White House has issued a formal objection to House Democrats’ impeachment probe into President Trump without an official vote. In a blistering letter to House Democrats, the White House’s lawyer said President Trump “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) announced…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Professor Emmanuel C. Edozien, OFR, an accomplished economist, Professor, businessman and boardroom guru is dead. The former Economic Adviser to former President, Shehu Shagari, died Saturday afternoon inside his Ikoyi residence after a brief ailment, sources close to the family told THEWILL. Emmanuel, 82, a sibling of the Asagba of Asaba, Obi…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Manchester United and Chelsea coach, Jose Mourinho may replace Tottenham Hotspur manager, Mauricio Pochettino. According to Calciomercato, Mourinho is among the top candidates to replace Pochettino. The newspaper reports that Tottenham have identified Mourinho along with former Juventus boss, Max Allegri as the top contenders to replace Pochettino, who is under…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Gyampo, has vowed to initiate legal action against BBC over its “Sex for grades” documentary. In the documentary, released on Monday, October 7, BBC Africa Eye investigation torchlight sexual harassment from Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor, a lecturer at the College…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man, identified as Obotti Zion E., who was undergoing his one year National Youth Service Corps in Ebonyi State, has slumped and died at Peace Mass Transit park, Abakaliki. He reportedly slumped and died on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, in the motor park, located along Afikpo Road, Abakaliki, the state…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibim Semenitari, has said she was sexually harassed by a male lecturer while she was doing her undergraduate programme in a Nigerian university. Mrs Semenitari’s revelation followed the trending #SexForGrades conversation among Nigerians, prompted by a BBC undercover investigative report…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off in Senegal on Tuesday because an engine had caught fire, an airport spokesman said. None of the 90 passengers or crew were injured, spokesman Tidiane Tamba told Reuters. The airline confirmed on Twitter that its Boeing 767…
