LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Blasts have killed at least 20 people in northeast Nigeria, police said, while residents said the toll was even higher in the largest attack for weeks in a region blighted by the Islamist militant Boko Haram insurgency. In an emailed statement issued on Sunday, the police said 20 people had been killed…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has attributed Nigeria’s 2-0 loss to Croatia in the opening match at Kaliningrad to too many mistakes. The Eastern Europeans broke the deadlock in the first half as a Mario Mandzukic’s header was unfortunately steered home by Oghenekaro Etebor. Luka Modric converted a second half penalty to…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Screening Appeals Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention has said that 19 aspirants for various party offices were screened out of the race and will have their cases reviewed by the appeals based on the merit of their case. The committee also said that the appeals committee received…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The nation has been plunged into total darkness as the power grid recorded a total collapse on Saturday morning, our correspondent has learnt. The system collapse led to the shutdown of all the nation’s power plants. An industry source, who is a top executive of one of the nation’s electricity distribution companies,…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders and governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are poised for a showdown over the control of the party’s structure at the national level, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. It was gathered in Abuja on Saturday that while most of the governors had their way at the ward, local government…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Saturday, restated his opposition to the sale of nomination forms to aspirants for elective offices by political parties. Falana, in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, threatened to take legal action against political parties that were still selling nomination forms to aspirants despite previous court…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party has outlined how its 2019 presidential candidate will emerge. In a 40-page document titled ‘Electoral Guideline for the PDP, Directorate of Organisation and Mobilisation’, made available to newsmen at Abuja on Saturday, the party said its presidential aspirants are to pay a total sum of N12m for both…
By Victor Ebimomi LAGOSJUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ilaje youths under the aegis of Ilaje Advancement Forum (IAF) has taken a swipe at the administration of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State for approving N807M OSOPADEC money for the rehabilitation of what they called ‘mere meagre wooden walkways’ for Ilaje and Ese Odo local governments areas at a…