LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo declared that the “self-professed integrity and morality of Buhari are fake.” He spoke at the Island Club 2019 Quarterly Business Lecture held in Lagos. The former President also stated that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned four major television stations in the country over hate speech. The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), African Independent Television (AIT), Channels TV and Television Continental (TVC) were sanctioned for allowing hate speeches by politicians from both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has restricted movement for trailers, tankers and other articulated vehicles into Lagos state on 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th of February, 2019. The Lagos state Sector Commander, FRSC, Hyginus Omeje, said the decision was reached at the end of the meeting of heads of security and…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed fraud charges against the immediate-past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Mrs. Folashade Oke. The PUNCH gathered that the anti-graft agency on Wednesday filed 10 counts against Lawal…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal has debunked reports that names of dead and retired judges are on the list of the newly 250 Judges sworn-in as Chairmen and members of the Election Petition Tribunal. The 250 judges were sworn on Saturday by the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad. In a statement…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of protesters on Wednesday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest against the planned impeachment of the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The men and women, who carried banners with inscriptions of their agitations, said the removal of Ambode would disrupt the peaceful conduct of the general elections.
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN ) has described as false the alarm that a bomb was planted on an early morning Air Peace flight from Abuja to Lagos on Wednesday. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, made the rebuttal in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja….
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)– An appeal court ruled on Wednesday that the code of conduct tribunal can try the country’s top judge, who has been suspended for allegedly breaking wealth declaration rules, according to a Reuters witness. The legal case has raised fears of interference in the Feb. 16 presidential election, after President Muhammadu Buhari…
