LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A journalist, Akinwunmi Dickson, and his son Nelson, 12, have been killed after fire gutted a shopping complex on Awolowo Way, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased were asleep in an office in the complex when the incident happened around 5am on Sunday. An eyewitness,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In what is set to go down as a continuation of the gale of defections that has plagued the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara is set to dump the party for the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defection is…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plans are underway to peg cash withdrawal limit of state governors to N20 million monthly, Daily Sun investigation has revealed. The new policy, it is learnt, will soon be communicated to the managements of commercial banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A Federal Government source, who disclosed the plans to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Lagos have has arrested the Chief Priestess and custodian of Ifa shrine, Aminat Karimu Ajibola, 60, and her two sons, Akeem Bashiru, 32 and Ojo Solomon, 26. The three suspects and family members, who were arrested on September 7 this year at 15 Irepodun street, Egan, Igando, Lagos were allegedly…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Lai Olurode has said that President Muhammadu Buhari should have rejected the N45m approved by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as cost of presidential nomination form. He said the form is not only costly but has shut out other aspirants…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the weekend in Osogbo, Osun State capital, solicited support for the party’s candidate in the September 22, 2018 governorship election in the state, Alhaji Isiaka Adegboyega Oyetola, saying with his impeccable credentials, competence and the sterling performance of the outgoing Governor…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Iya-nera, Alasia, Ayetoro, Cele, Vespa, Adio and Oto among others in Ijaniki Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State are allegedly fleeing their homes for fear of the suspected return of the dreaded armed robbery gang, ‘One Million Boys,’ and other dare devil robbers in the area, terrorising the communities….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State and former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, yesterday reacted to the raging allegations of money laundering, fraud and tax evasion against Alpha Beta Consulting, a firm with exclusive right to collect taxes on behalf of Lagos State Government…