i LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris has reacted to Wednesday’s Senate resolution which declared him an enemy of democracy and unfit to hold his office, saying he owes the Senate no apology following his refusal to appear in person at the red chamber. The Senate had Wednesday entered an Executive…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, appear to be spoiling for a fight as they issued a seven-day ultimatum, asking the party to address their complaints of marginalization. Their letter which was addressed to the National chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prominent elders and residents in Calabar Metropolis have applauded the State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, for what they described as giant strides recorded in the state in the last two years of his administration and for the intervention work of the deep gully erosion at Yellow Duke/Atamunu which almost eroded the road….
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to disclose the state of his health after he embarked on a fourth medical trip to London. Nigeria’s opposition party, People’s Democractic Party (PDP), said it was time for the president to reveal his medical condition. PDP spokesman Kola Ologbodiyan said: “We need full disclosure…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthonia Nwaorie spent years saving up thousands of dollars to open a medical clinic in Nigeria, where she was born. Finally, last October, she walked down a jet bridge at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport to board the plane to get there. The 59-year-old registered nurse had more than $37,000 in her…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rising from its closed door session, President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said the lawmakers revolved to declare the IG persona non grata, stressing that he is not fit to hold any public office in Nigeria or any other country. Saraki recalled that a court, which the Police boss approached over his…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday again rebuffed the invitation of the Senate. Idris, absent for the third time, was summoned over the saga of Senator Dino Melaye and the spate of killings across the country. The absence of Idris led to the senators calling for a closed door…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has disclosed how his administration is funding the several projects embarked on despite the lean resources accruing to the state. The Governor disclosed this yesterday in Calabar during an exclusive interview, he said that his master’s degree in Business Administration offered him insight to creative project…