LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven Nigerians are facing charges after prosecutors say they targeted people on dating websites and swindled them out of more than $1.5 million. Five have been arrested and two are fugitives. The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said in a news release Friday that the Nigerians created fake online dating profiles with…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty hours after, the Presidency has disowned the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters, Gideon Sammani, over the announcement of former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff as the Director General of Buhari 2019 Presidential Support Committee. It described the announcement as “unauthorised, misleading and…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governor-elect of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has described his victory in Saturday’s governorship election as one “ for reclaiming the land and restoring Ekiti values.” Fayemi spoke on Sunday while addressing the newsmen in Isan-Ekiti shortly after he was declared the winner of the governorship election. He said: ” The victory…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Fulani herdsman has killed a police inspector, Umaru Danladi, while trying to resist arrest after allowing his cows to destroy farmlands in Kaoje, Kebbi State. The late inspector was attached to Kaoje Police Division. Daily Sun gathered that a farmer had reported to the police station that a herder had led…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been announced winner of the 2018 governorship election in Ekiti state. He was victorious in 12 out of the 16 local government areas of the state, polling 197,459 votes, and edging out his closest rival, Kolapo Olusola of the Peoples Democratic Party…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Ekiti governorship election, is coasting home to victory, according to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in majority of the 16 local councils in the state. Fayemi, who was governor of the state between 2010 and…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission has shut the Ekiti State Broadcasting Corporation because Governor Ayodele Fayose went on air to declare the PDP candidate as the winner of the governorship election that was held in the state on Saturday. The INEC was still collating results of the election, awaiting electronic computation from the…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says at the end of voting in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti, the exercise recorded 90 per cent success. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Abdulganih Olayinka, disclosed this to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti while assessing the electoral process. He said that reports from the…