LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Neo Africana Centre has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop constituting itself into a stumbling block at the Presidential Election Petitions Court but should, instead, act in ways and manners that can redeem its battered image. The Centre’s admonition came in the wake of complaints by the lawyers…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two subpoenaed witnesses of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, admitted at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) failed to transmit the results of the election after the collation. In their joint petition before the PEPC, Atiku and PDP acussed…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The extortion menace that is currently impacting on haulage businesses on the Nigeria’s Apapa port corridor has now become institutionalised as truck owners and drivers now include money for extortion as part of their operational cost. They also said that the extortionists have become so brazen are ready to kill, maim and…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Days after the Central Bank of Nigeria denied Daily Trust’s report that devaluation may be in the cards, it auctioned dollars, Wednesday, at N645 apiece – a rate that was almost 30% weaker than on the tightly controlled official market. According to Bloomberg, the naira sank to a record low yesterday, as…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World Animal Protection, a leading animal welfare organization, calls on you to reduce the amount of meat you eat. In a campaign dubbed #EatLessMeat, the organization notes that rapid population growth has led to an increase in demand for meat globally leading to suffering of animals in farms and climate change. The…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was an atmosphere of shock and surprise at the Ikeja Military Cantoment in Lagos State after daredevil armed robbers invaded the place and carted away an unregistered Toyota car worth N9m belonging to Adenola Adebowale and escaped. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the robbers were said to have invaded the Contoment at about…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Romance scams have always been around, but they got worse during the pandemic, and fraudsters continue to use social media and dating sites to find victims. “He seemed like an extremely nice person and age-wise and whatever, we seem to connect that way and have a lot in common,” Nancy said. CTV…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Family and friends of a lecturer in the University of Ibadan, Professor Opeyemi Ajewole, who was murdered in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday night, have continued to express shock and disbelief, with tears strewing their faces. The incident has also continued to generate comments, as people wonder on what could have caused…
