By Amos Okioma , Yenagoa LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NWSRANGERS)- Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson had expressed divergent views on insecurity in Bayelsa. Dickson had on Friday accused Lokpobiri and leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) of being the masterminds of election violence in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former American President Bill Clinton has canceled his trip to Nigeria ahead of Saturday’s general elections, saying the visit could be “politicised,” CNN has reported. The PUNCH had reported that the 42nd President of the United States of America and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland, had been named dignitaries for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress has been hit with another court judgment few days to the polls as a Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River state capital, today (Monday), February 11, sacked the Independent National electoral commission recognized candidate of the party, Senator John Owan-Enoh. The court judgment after also disqualified…
LAGOS FEBUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The driver of an armoured bullion van disappeared early on Monday along with an estimated one million euros, police sources said. “When they came back out, the van and the driver were gone,” one of the sources said. The 28-year-old man had stopped in front of a Western Union office, outside Paris,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Ogun State All Progressives Congress presidential rally held in Abeokuta, escaped being hit by stones as hoodlums pelted the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomole, with stones. The programme, which commenced officially immediately after President Buhari arrived the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-AFROBEATS artist Seun Kuti pulled a thrilling performance at the premiere ceremony of the 61st Grammy Awards. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Seun, the youngest son of the legendary Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, failed to snag a win in the ‘World Music Award’ category in which he was nominated. He, however, was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former secretary, Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi is dead. The football administrator passed on after failing to recover from an undisclosed illness. Tunde Samusudeen, public relations officer of Osun United Football Club, announced the death via a message sent to our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday. Until his death, Ogunjobi was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NWSRANGERS)- overwhelmed by heavy crowd as he arrived at Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano, venue of his rally. Atiku was accompanied by his running mate, Peter Obi, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, Atiku’s campaign director, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki. Atiku and…
