LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Tiwei Orunimiye, on Saturday led over 98 leaders and 5000 members of the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party in the State. Those who defected to the APC included a serving lawmaker representing Brass 2 Constituency in the House…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Sale Zakari Kazaure has debunked rumours of increment in the monthly allowances of serving corps members across the country by the Federal Government. He said corps members are not different from civil servants, adding that whenever the minimum wage of civil…
LAGOSSEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Faced with the reality of the bigwigs presidential aspirants of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), outgoing Ekiti state governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, the first to have indicated interest for the office, has dropped his ambition. He said on Saturday that he was discontinuing his 2019 presidential ambition. The governor was one of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people are feared dead as suspected Boko haram insurgents invaded Gudunbari town of Guzamala local government area on Saturday morning, a security source said. The insurgents recaptured the town after several hours of gun battle with Nigeria troops. The source said the troops were overpowered around 5:00am on Saturday. ” As…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7H (NEWSRANGERS)-Elder statesman, Edwin Clark, on Friday faulted the police leadership for dismissing the three inspectors who raided his home. The Ijaw leader believes the officers led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who has also been suspended, could not have embarked on the operation without the knowledge of the police authorities….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate disbandment of the IGP Special Tactical Squad and the redeployment of all the personnel of the squad to other departments and formations of the force. This followed the raid of the Abuja residence of elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark for arms and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has alleged that the federal government was “deliberately corrupting the elections process in the country,” fingering the newly launched ‘Trader Moni.’ Ezekwesili, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Movement, specifically said that the scheduled governorship election in Osun State expected to take…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Elder statesman and leader of the South-South region, Chief Edwin Clark, has revealed the identity of top police officers allegedly involved in the raiding of his Abuja residence on Tuesday on information that he was stockpiling arms in his house. Clark, who is demanding a full blown investigation into the matter, named…