LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A senator from Abia State, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has been arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja on Friday. Abaribe chairs the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy. Although the reason for the arrest of the legislator is unknown, he is popular as a strong critic of the…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned until September 27 for judgment in a suit by Aiteo Energy Resources Ltd against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The oil and gas firm sued EFCC, one of its investors, Iliyasu Kwabi and the Attorney-General of the Federation for N10 billion. The…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Commission says it will soon visit projects abandoned by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu, stated this when a delegation of the National Association of Niger-Delta Students visited him in Abuja on Thursday. Spokesman of the commission. Wilson Uwujaren, reported the…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Army captain on deployment in the North-east has committed suicide, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The officer flipped his rifle towards own stomach and opened fired. The incident occurred at the 7 Division Medical Centre in Maiduguri on June 18, military sources said. He was referred to the facility for medical…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Part of Governor Ben Ayade’s economic vision for Cross River State will be crystallized next week as President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 commission the multibillion Naira automated rice seed and seedlings factory in Calabar. The factory according to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ben…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Security (DSS) has arrested two suspected commanders of the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. DSS Spokesman, Mr Tony Opuiyo, said the suspects were arrested in Kukuntu village, Gwgwalada on May 5, after special operations on identified targets. “Determined to continuously thwart the budding cells…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State government on Thursday raised a fresh alarm that financial institutions and commercial banks operating in the state were colluding with fraudulent public servants to defraud government. The government explained that the depth of rot being uncovered could not have been possible without the input of some unscrupulous employees of…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bayelsa state serving commissioner, Hon. Ibarakumo Otobo , commissioner for youths development and his counterpart, Special Adviser to the Bayelsa state governor on Youth Development have not only resigned their appointments, but defected from the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) to the All Progressive party ( APC…