LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 180-member caucus of former National Assembly lawmakers from the South East region has insisted that the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, was the best choice as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. A former member of the House of Representatives and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Non Governmental Organization, NGO, Network of Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN, has faulted the budget process of the Nigeria Police, noting that it was one of the lapses that have resulted in the poor funding of the force over the years. IGP Ibrahim Idris in a bid to find a solution…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of a member of the federal house of representatives in Abuja (names withheld) representing Ajaokuta constituency in Kogi state, for alleged certificate forgery, conspiracy, obtaining of false/forged documents and presentation of the documents to INEC knowing same to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice-Chairman, Dry Cargo Unit of Nigeria Association Of Road Transport Owner (NARTO) Lagos State branch, Alhaji A. Abdullahi Mohammed Inuwa has accused both the Nigeria Ports Authority ( NPA) and Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC) for contributing their own quota to the current failure in ports. Inuwa who revealed that the shipping…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)_ Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), described as mischievous demands by the Buhari Media Organisation that the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Mathew Hassan Kukah, should be withdrawn as convener of the National Peace Committee (NPC). The organisation said Kukah was needed to bridge the animosity between ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Achinike William-Wobodo Esq., a lawyer in Rivers State, has sued Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, for allegedly forging his Age Certificate in documents he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). William Wobodo instituted the law suit against Wike and INEC at the Federal High Court (Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1020/2018), pursuant…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has concluded arrangements for its second annual conference holding on Friday, October 19, 2019 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State. A statement released in Lagos on Wednesday by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, confirmed that the theme of the conference is “Online Publishers’ Role Towards…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi never at any time claimed that he had no house in London. His Special adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, made the clarification on Wednesday while reacting to false stories being spread online by Obi’s detractors that…