LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany has proposed a new process that will facilitate the smooth repatriation of over 30,000 illegal Nigerian migrants back to the country. Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama said this when he received the Security Adviser to the President of Germany, Dr Jan Hecker, and his team in Abuja. The new proposal,…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said since its inception in 2015, his administration has succeeded in recovering trillions of naira stolen by those he described as people without conscience. He also admitted that anti-corruption war is not easy to fight because it affects different branches of national lives. The President also…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kogi State High Court has struck out the assassination case involving the chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria, Taofiq Isa, instituted by Senator from the state, Dino Melaye. Melaye, had on April 2017 approached the court over alleged assassination attempt on his life by Isa and four others. Others charged…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President and presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, has described Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade as an epitome of good governance. Atiku stated this, Monday, at the state executive council chambers, Calabar when he led his team including former governors of Ogun and Imo…
LAGOS MAY 15H (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits operating along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna Highways, on Sunday kidnapped 87 passengers. An official of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) told PRNigeria that most of the kidnapped victims were passengers travelling between North and Southern parts of the country. The NURTW official said: “over 15 vehicles including long trucks, buses…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, on Monday unveiled a 30-man provisional squad for the 2018 World Cup. Rohr picks four goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Daniel Akpeyi, Francis Uzoho and Dele Ajiboye. The defenders include: William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Ola Aina, Kenneth Omeruo, Bryan Idowu, Chidozie Awaziem, Abdullahi Shehu, Elderson Echiejile,…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS) Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has castigated Eko Electricity Distribution Compant (EKEDC) for its refusal to provide pre-paid meters and issuing exorbitant estimated billing system otherwise known as ‘crazy bill’ tosome its customers. The group inducted EKEDC into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame for its disregard of the FOI…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Nigerian airman has been killed in an attack on an air force helicopter landing facility in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The Nigerian Air Force said in a statement that a group of unknown gunmen attacked the guard post in Igbodene in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Sunday. The statement provided little…