LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Benue State Universal Education Board (SUBEB), has disclosed that no fewer 10, 000 pupils have been forced out of schools in two Local Government Areas of the state which came under attack by gunmen on New Year’s Day. The Chairman of SUBEB, Rev Philip Tachin, on Sunday told newsmen in Makurdi…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has warned the National Assembly against playing politics with Energising Education Program project which was proposed by the Ministry of Works, Power and Housing. While lauding the project championed by the Minister, Babatunde Raji Fashola, NANS said the lack power supply in tertiary institutions of…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS) Resident Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo met today, Sunday, January 2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the opening session of the 30th African Union Summit. This is the first time both men are meeting since Obasanjo advised President Buhari not to re-contest in 2019 in a widely publicized letter….
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female graduate and a secondary school drop-out have been arrested by the officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, with illicit drugs. The suspects arrested are Harriet Bolatito Solabi, a 34-year old Higher National Diploma holder, and Victor Chukwu, a school drop-out. Solabi…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thomas Arnold Pearce and Hendrik Gideon Smith, the 2 South Africans who were Kidnapped in Maidaro Village at a Minning Site On Tuesday and taken to Birnin Gwari Forrest in kaduna State have been Rescued. They were rescued in the early hours of toady as a result of intense pressure mounted on…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Executive Council has felicitated with Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on the occasion of his 52nd birthday, describing him as a pragmatic leader, whose life is worth celebrating at all times. Spokesman of the council and the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson came out with this in a…
LAGOS KANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Coalition for Nigeria, a third-force political group being championed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, appears to be a major platform that has continued to attract prominent and other members of the National Assembly, PUNCH reports. Aggrieved members of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in both…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is currently enmeshed in a massive scandal after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) uncovered an alleged N2.5billion fraud in the operations of the organisation. The scandal was perpetrated through incorporation of fake companies, creation of fake IDPs’ camps and award of frivolous contracts. The…