http://ift.tt/2iiaGwN Obsanjo LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday declared that he will never return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He stated this to journalists after meeting behind closed-doors with the National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, . The meeting, which took place at the Olusegun…
http://ift.tt/2ytpUTR Nnamdi Kanu mssing LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has failed to appear in court as his fellow defendants are now in the Federal High Court Abuja for continuation of their trial. Others standing trial alongside the IPOB leader before the Justice Binta Nyako-led Federal High Court…
http://ift.tt/2x1OJoc LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Bureau of Statistics has released the Consumer Price Index report, which measures inflation, with the rate dropping year-on-year from 16.01 per cent in August to 15.98 per cent in September. In the report that was released on Tuesday in Abuja, the bureau explained that the drop in Nigeria’s rate…
http://ift.tt/2ifrpAJ LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of protesters led by self-acclaimed Area Fada, Mr. Charles Oputa have hit the streets of Abuja to lash out at President Muhammadu Buhari for his alleged inaction in the face of graft accusations involving top members of his government. The protesters are demanding the President to either act or…
http://ift.tt/2ypbCWu LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, was thrown into mourning last weekend following the attack on officers of the Agency by unknown gun men, claiming three lives. The Officers and men, according to a statement made available to NewsRangers.com until their demise were serving in Okene Area Command, Kogi State Command…
http://ift.tt/2ynl90d LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria are now ranked 41st in the world according to October Fifa ranking released on Monday. In September, the Super Eagles dropped six places despite their impressive outing against Cameroon – where they got four points over two legs. Gernot Rohr’s men will have their 1-0 victory over Zambia to thank…
http://ift.tt/2gfEuWs LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Pictures have emerged on social media where a Losperfontein Correctional Centre employee is seen to be intimate with a prison inmate. The incident has caused the employee to take her own life on Monday morning and a suicide case had been opened. Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said it…
http://ift.tt/2x2fXef FOREIGN-AFFAIRS-MINISTER-GEOFFREY-ONYEAMA LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has won a re-election into the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva for the 2018 to 2020 term at an election held on Monday at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb. Samson Itegboje, told the Correspondent of the…