LAGOS October 25th (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than ten people were reported to have lost their lives in an auto accident caused by Young Shall Grow Motors driver alleged to be drunk while driving. Our correspondent learnt that the Macopolo bus driver allegedly smoked and drank during the journey and when cautioned by passengers, he threatened to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has cautioned South-East leaders to stop using youths who are not even Northerners to fight their brother. The group was reacting to the statement credited to one Comrade Elliot Afiyo on behalf of Northern youths. The statement had called for the presidential flag-bearer of the PDP to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has said the removal of 41 items from the eligible list for foreign exchange was a major factor that helped the country exit recession which it officially entered into in 2016. Emefiele, speaking at the opening ceremony of a seminar for finance…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS))-The vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi on Wednesday in Abuja met with delegations from the European Union (EU) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) to discuss the need to conduct free and fair elections in 2019 and also how to grow the nation’s economy through…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, embattled National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said on Tuesday that Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State was blackmailing him so that he would succumb to the governor’s selfish desires. The governor had, on Sunday, led a delegation of leaders from Ogun State to the official…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stakeholders have described the status of Bayelsa State government in the open budget index as “not very nice.” They passed the verdict during a one-day meeting on the “Framework for Citizens’ Budgeting in Bayelsa State” organised by the Social Development Integrated Centre, popularly called Social Action, at the Bayelsa…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The allegation by the Northern Youths Leaders Forum (NYLF) that the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, is anti-North and a major player of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been described as diversionary and “an attempt to give the dog…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A motion seeking reconstitution of the membership of the National Defence Council (NDC) and the National Security Council (NSC) suffered setback in the Senate on Tuesday. The motion, moved by Victor Umeh (APGA-Anambra Central) at plenary, had also wanted the Senate to urge President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a military officer from…