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Odigie-Oyegun Pulls Out From APC National Chairmanship Race
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NESRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has withdrawn from seeking to retain his seat in the party’s upcoming National Convention. Odigie-Oyegun announced his withdrawal from the race at a press conference on Friday in his Abuja residence. He said: Even though, I had the desire to re-contest…
Aide Exonerates Jonathan’s Govt, PDP Over Impeachment Of Peter Obi
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Commissioner for Information in Anambra State, Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, has confirmed the recent revelation by the Presidency that erstwhile governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, was impeached because of his failure to inflate the budget. Uzodike, however, clarified that the Presidency under former President Goodluck Jonathan and the then…
Army Intercepts 300,000 Live Cartridges Of Pump-Action Ammunition In Ogun
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Brigade Commander of 35 Artillery Brigade, Ogun State, General Olaniyi Olatunde, said the three trucks contained over 300,000 live cartridges of pump-action ammunition. Olatunde said the drivers of the trucks fled and abandoned the ammunition but efforts are being made to get them. While displaying the impounded trucks and ammunition before newsmen,…
Alleged N2.6bn fraud: Appeal Court Clears ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi
LAGOS JUNE 1ST *NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has discharged and acquitted a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N2.6bn. In a lead judgment on Friday by Justice Yargatta Nimpar, a three-man appellate court panel upheld the no-case submission…
2019: PDP Slams Buhari For advising Youths Not Contest For Presidency
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s appeal that youths should not contest for the Presidency in 2019. Buhari, while signing the Not Too Young To Run Bill, had appealed to the youth movement to “postpone” their “campaigns” until after 2019. The President had said, “Please, can I…
Presidency Rebukes Dino Melaye For Attacking Buhari
Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie said Melaye needs mental evaluation. Recall that the embattled lawmaker had yesterday challenged Buhari to apologize to the National Assembly over his recent comment that some lawmakers have spent a long time without doing anything. Speaking in Abuja, last week, Buhari had wondered what members of the…
Eight Feared Killed In Renewed Bayelsa Cult Battle
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight persons suspected to be cultists have been feared killed in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, following a renewed cult war between two cults – Greenlanders and Boboos. The two groups, it was learnt, threatened more clashes in the coming days. Some residents of Yenagoa metropolis, particularly those living on…