LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Incorporated Trustees of Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative has sued the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria over the latter’s planned regulation of Internet advertisements. In a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos by two lawyers, Solomon Okedara and Olumide Babalola, DRLI is seeking a court declaration that APCON lacks…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the embattled Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita on indefinite leave and approved the appointment of Dr. Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan as the Acting Head with immediate effect. Dr. Yemi-Esan, until her appointment was the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources. A…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Police Command has opened investigation to ascertain the destination and other relevant information surrounding the movement of large quantity of Cannabis also called Indian Hemp. Spokesman of the Command Bala Elkana, disclosed that, Police Officers from Area J Command, intercepted a van along Itafaji Street, Lagos Island loaded with twenty…
LAGOS SEPTMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 300-level student at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Bukola Odeyemi, has allegedly stabbed her 22-year-old lover and fellow student, John Iju. The stabbing reportedly resulted in Iju’s death. Sources said the incident happened at Iworoko-Ekiti at about 10pm on Monday at one of the private hostels being used by off-campus students…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Niger have arrested a 22-year-old housewife, Harela Uba, of Shakodna village, Shiroro Local Government Area of the State for allegedly killing a three-day-old baby boy in the area. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN)…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A recent report by Express UK has shown wrestling’s highest-calibre athletes draw massive amounts of money as paychecks. The present-day roster has many superstars pocketing a seven-figure salary, even as others remain in the six-figure range. It has also emerged the wrestlers earn tidy bonuses when they make appearances at big events….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire at an Islamic school in Liberia has killed at least 27 children, police said on Wednesday. “The kids were learning the Koran when the fire broke out,” police spokesman Moses Carter said. He added the blaze was caused by an electrical issue and that further investigations were ongoing. Carter had…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has lauded the constitution of an Economic Advisory Council (EAC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement on Tuesday by its Director-General, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, MAN described the news of the formation of the council as “timely and commendable”. President Buhari had set up the Council chaired…
