By Amos Okioma LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson says, the Government would soon unfold plans to eradicate maternal and infant mortality in the state. The Governor who gave the assurance while making his remarks during the February, 2018 edition of the State’s monthly Praise Night at the King of Glory…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The spokesman of Adamawa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Sam Zadock, has been killed by gunmen. According to the State Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Abdullahi Prambe, who spoke in Yola on Wednesday, Zadock was killed in the latest sectarian violence in the state. “We were expecting him…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has expressed concern over claims by the Nigeria Police Force that two of its members conspired to commit terrorism offences and cyber crime because they approved an opinion article on their website, which the police see as uncomplimentary and offensive. The Publishers of Elombah News…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, on Wednesday asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to quash the two separate charges filed against him by the Lagos State Government. The Lagos State Government had brought a fresh five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The trailer park currently under construction in Apapa, Lagos State is 95 per cent completed and will soon serve as the holding bay to 340 trucks when it becomes operational. The engineer supervising the project, Osarieme Osakue, who disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday, said it would help in tackling traffic gridlocks…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, and her Health counterpart, Prof. Isaac Adewole, over the deduction of N10bn from the Treasury Single Account of the National Health Insurance Scheme. Also summoned were the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele; the…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has sued a United States university, accusing it of mishandling scholarship students’ access to funds meant for rent, books and food. The government has joined dozens of Nigerian students in a lawsuit against Alabama State University, which dates back to 2016. It also accused the university, which has been…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s security forces have been ordered to defend all schools in “liberated areas” of the country’s northeast to avoid further mass abductions from schools by Boko Haram extremists, the president’s office announced Wednesday. Many in Africa’s most populous country have been outraged by the kidnapping of 110 girls in a Feb. 19…