LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Abductors of the Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Christopher Ohizu, have ended his life in the most brutal manner by beheading him three days after he was captured from his home in Arondizuogu and after allegedly collecting N6million as ransom. The former council boss, who…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State ended abruptly over a faulty sound system. The rally which was ongoing at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, on Monday, ended abruptly when the light went off and could not be restored. The light went off shortly after the…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria was the victim of “a campaign of bribery and deception” over a collapsed gas processing project, its lawyers told London’s High Court on Monday, as the country’s appeal against an $11 billion damages bill got underway. A London arbitration tribunal in 2017 awarded $6.6 billion in damages to Process & Industrial…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Airlines in Nigeria said on Monday flights were being disrupted after ground staff began an indefinite strike to demand higher pay. Air Peace, which has the biggest fleet in Nigeria, and smaller carrier Dana Air said the strike by the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) was delaying flights and hoped the issue…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs has successfully assisted a lawmaker in recovering a stolen Toyota Land Cruiser SUV car. This was disclosed by the sector coordinator of the JBPT and acting assistant comptroller of customs, Olugbenga Peter disclosed, to newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday. Peters said the vehicle was seized from two suspected…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the commissioning of the Lekki Deep Seaport by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, the largest container vessel has berthed at the port. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), which took to its official Twitter handle, announced the arrival of the vessel owned and operated by french shipping firm, CMA/CGM, on Sunday….
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has condemned a song released by Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable. The song is entitled ‘Kuku Do Ritual’. According to MURIC, the song has the potential to encourage ritual killing and mislead Nigerian youths. Ritual killings are common in…
By Dakuku Peterside LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The theatricals for winning the hearts and minds of the voters are all around us. The perceptual game of showing strength in the number of supporters is an age long effective game plan for the parties, and it is one strategy that cuts across all parties. All political parties…
