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…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Edwin Clark, a former Federal Commissioner of Information, on Wednesday stressed that restructuring remains the solution to Nigeria’s prevailing security challenges. The elder statesman made this point while faulting the centralised security architecture in the country which he said could not avert, or respond swiftly to security issues in all parts of…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Chaos has been reported in Imo State as irate youths numbering above a dozen setting the Magistrates’ Court located within the premises of Olru High Court ablaze. Information made available to Newsmen has it that the fire had destroyed all the documents in the court before it could be put under control….
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The new wage structure is still a long way to go, going by indications from Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige. According to him, governors, the most critical group in the process, are yet to submit their proposal on a new wage system. The minister told reporters in Anambra State that…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some youths in Edo State, yesterday pelted the state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, with stones at the Esan Central Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the incident happened in Irrua where Obaseki had gone to consult with leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the Edo Central Senatorial District….