LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A high court in Owerri on Friday evening released, unconditionally, the 114 women suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. The women were remanded by a magistrate’s court in Owerri on Monday and Thursday respectively, after they were arrested and arraigned by the Police for demanding to know…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday denied reports it budgeted six billion Naira to feed the Police during next year’s elections. The 2019 general elections budget of N189.2bn is subject to approval by the National Assembly and has been pending due to ongoing recess of both legislative chambers. But, INEC has…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle-aged Nigerian man, Isa Mohammed Munlaila pictured above with a box on his head, today began trekking from Lagos to Abuja to kick against the 2nd term ambition of President Buhari. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos as he embarked on his journey, Munlaila said Nigerian youths were angry with Buhari for…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it has not released the timetable for State, National Assembly, Governorship and Presidential primaries, as it is being reported in a section of the media. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja while…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law (Intersociety) is calling on the Nigerian Government and the Government of Imo State, to “as a matter of uttermost immediacy and importance, to discontinue, withdraw and discharge all the 10-count spurious charges of “treasonable felony”, “conspiracy to commit treasonable felony”, “terrorism”,…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed the belief that despite the scoffing of a minority number, Nigeria is resolutely on the road to a new dawn. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, quoted the President as saying this while commending two security men who returned…
LAGOS AUGUS 23RD (NESRANGERS)-Attempts by unknown gunmen to attack the Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area residence of the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, Senator Godswill Akpabio yesterday night was repelled by policemen attached to the former Senate Minority Leader. Eye witness account said the Senator was holding political meetings on Tuesday…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Tuesday dismissed statement by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal that President Muhammadu Buhari was too old to seek a second term in 2019. Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, refuted Tambuwal’s statement, saying that the 800 metres trek embarked upon by the president…