LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a former Auchi branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, identified as A. Itemuagbor in the Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that the incident occurred along the Benin-Auchi expressway on Sunday. It was learnt that Itemuagbor was on his way to Auchi from…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-,Nigeria, November 6, 2018/ — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has conformed with the order of Nigeria’s High Court, directing the removal of the name of the Executive Vice Chairman of Aiteo Group (http://www.AiteoGroup.com), Benedict Peters, from its list of wanted persons. This action confirms EFCC’s compliance with the judgment…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son have escaped an assassination attempt, according to his Special Adviser, Media, Mr Uche Anichukwu. Anichukwu said in a statement in Abuja that the incident occurred at about 4 a.m. on Tuesday. He said some armed men discreetly evaded the security…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three former Commissioners of Police (CPs) in Anambra State during the tenure of Mr. Peter Obi as Governor, have exonerated him from the mischievous allegation of demolition of mosques and the sacking of non-indigenes, particularly northerners from the State being propagated by the opposition against him on social media. Speaking on different…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, on Monday, promised to lift over 80m people out of poverty if voted into office in the 2019 general elections. She therefore challenged her rivals to “bring up their doable programmes to better the lots of citizens.” Ezekwesili, a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-—United States Consul General F. John Bray has called for increased investment in the education of the girl-child and greater political participation by women in Nigeria. Delivering the keynote address on the second day of the 17th Annual Conference of Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ), in Lagos on November…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Organised labour has called off the nationwide industrial action scheduled to commence on Tuesday (today) to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage. The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension at the end of the 10pm meeting of the tripartite committee set up…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, was the foremost voice during his tenure that fully backed the proposal that the Federal Government should save “excess” earnings for the future. His Media Aide, Valentine Obienyem, stated…