LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebonyi state House of Assembly on Tuesday suspended the member representing Afikpo North East constituency in the Assembly, Mrs Maria Ude Nwachi aka Afikpo Chic, for alleged gross misconduct. Mrs. Nwachi was accused of allegedly posing as public photographer. The motion for he suspension was moved by the Leader of the House,…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reactions have continued to trail the special statement issued by former President Olusegun Obasanjo advising President Buhari to heed the clarion call and bow out in 2019. In the special statement trending on social media, Obasanjo cited President Buhari’s impaired health, age, nepotism and the poor handling of the country’s economy as…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)Former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election next year, saying he has failed in his management of Africa’s most populous country. “I only appeal to brother Buhari to consider a deserved rest at this point in time,” Obasanjo said on Tuesday in an emailed statement. “President…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixteen Nigerian states have agreed to the establishment of cattle colonies proposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh as a solution to the incessant herdsmen crisis. It was gathered that some 16 states, all in the North, have volunteered land for the establishment of cattle colonies in…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated a mobile police unit, the Squadron 63 Mobile Police Base Igbogbo Baiyeku, Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The Squadron 63 Police Mobile Force (PMF), headed by a superintendent of police, was equiped with anti-riot policemen to curb killings in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja-based media firm, Image Merchants Promotion Limited, and its promoter, Mallam Yushau Shuaib, have slammed a N200 million suit against Access Bank Plc over an alleged unlawful freezing of their four different accounts with the bank in the past two years. The bank was dragged before a High Court of the Federal…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Umar Gali Na’Abba, has said President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the physical and intellectual capacity to govern Nigeria. Na’Abba said this when one of our correspondents contacted him to confirm comments attributed to him concerning calls on the President to seek a second term. He…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nineteen political parties are reportedly discussing a merger deal ahead of the 2019 general elections. This was disclosed by the national chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Dr. Onwubuya Breakforth. According to Breakforth, the parties are discussing a merger deal to form a ‘third force’ ahead of the 2019 general…