LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Environment Sanitation and Special Offenses Taskforce on Friday intercepted a truck laden with 48 motorcycles and 123 men coming from Jigawa state. Yinka Egbeyemi, chairman of the taskforce, said the truck was seized, following a tip off by members of the public who raised security concern about the manner…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hon. Kennedy Eyube, member of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, has described Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as a visionary leader, whose Stronger Delta project to benefit Deltans as laudable. Eyube, renowned phillantropist and peace ambassador, in a statement yesterday in Warri,…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A two-day capacity building training organized by Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL), operator of Oil Mining Lease (OML30), for the 72 members of Community Development Board (CDB) and Cluster Management Committees (CMC) has properly equipped the members on effective and efficient implementation of the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU). Mr. Omamuzo…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, stormed the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Friday, expressing his readiness to answer any question bordering on his tenure as governor of the State. The House of Assembly had at its sitting of on Thursday summoned the former governor over what it called misappropriation…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Media executive, Funmi Iyanda, has announced that Walking With Shadows, a film she produced, is scheduled for a world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October. Funmi announced the movie’s scheduled premiere in a post on social media on Thursday. The popular talk show host and TV producer also disclosed…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-British judge has said he will grant a firm called Process and Industrial Developments Ltd (P&ID) the right to attempt to seize some $9 billion in assets from the Nigerian government over an aborted gas project. The company was awarded $6.6 billion in an arbitration decision over the failed 2010 project to…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov Yahaya Bello of Kogi State yesterday emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Nov. 16 Governorship election. But one of the aspirants who challenged Bello for the ticket described the processes that produced the governor as candidate of the party as “mockery,” saying the national headquarters…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In an impassioned keynote speech, delivered before global leaders, at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, African investor and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu CON, challenged the Government of Japan to invest 5% of its $50billion commitment to Africa, in empowering African entrepreneurs. “At TICAD 2016 in…
