LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Indications that all might not be well with the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged, yesterday, as some National Working Committee (NWC) members and notable leaders of the party openly challenged the decision to adopt direct primaries to elect candidates at all levels. The aggrieved party stalwarts have vowed to resist the adoption…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has decried the increasing rate of poverty in the country. He said this during his appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. “Poverty is increasing, children out of school have moved from 10 million to about 12 million,” Mr Obi said on Wednesday. He…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The last has not been heard of the sacked Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS) Lawal Daura, as PRNigeria learnt on good authority that neither was he given query over any issue nor indicted on his handling of affairs of the service until his sack. A close associate to…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akure, the Ondo State capital, is currently witnessing massive protest against officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, as a result of the alleged killing of two siblings by men of the corps. A motorcyclist, whose name is still unknown, was said to have been knocked down by an…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 42-year-old self-professed prophet, Olusola Akindele of Lion of Judah Church of Christ, Robiyan community in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been arrested for allegedly beheading his mistress for money rituals. The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who led his men to the house of the cleric located in…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja assured UK Prime Minister Theresa May of his commitment to conducting free, fair and credible elections in 2019. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement, said Buhari gave the assurance during a bilateral meeting with the visiting Prime…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Gombe State have recovered the sum of $4,000 (about N1.3million) from a 19-year old following his arrest in Pindiga town of Akko Local Government Area of the state. The arrest of the suspect, Idris Abubakar, was confirmed in a press statement issued in Gombe on Wednesday by the command’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights organisation under the aegis of Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CMN), on Wednesday warned President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel any reciprocal visit by President Donald Trump of United States that might have been planned or suggested in connection with his visit to US in April. According to the organisation, the…