http://ift.tt/2xehFNN Godwin Obaseki LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki has urged agitators in Nigeria and other parts of the world to adopt non-violent solutions to the rising tensions across the globe. Obaseki made the recommendation on the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day of Non-Violence, marked on October…
http://ift.tt/2wwTzJU LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The need for religious leaders to use their platforms to preach peace and harmony will be the focus as some prominent past and present Nigerian leaders and their counterparts across the world are expected to meet at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) soon. Those expected at the event include Nigerian Vice…
http://ift.tt/2xRiPft Paul Biya LAGOS OCOBE 4TH (NEWRANGERS)-Cameroon’s military is heavily deployed in the country’s English-speaking regions and few people are on the streets after 17 people were killed over the weekend in protests in support of independence for some Anglophone regions. Tens of thousands of English-speaking Cameroonians hoisted flags Sunday to show they want independence…
http://ift.tt/2kkdZ7g Okowa BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMI LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-To describe Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State as a ‘political warlord’ as well as a ‘Political Bishop” when it comes to Delta state politics may not be inappropriate as he is evidently and eminently qualified looking at his political track records. …
http://ift.tt/2xOlid3 Deziani LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the Attorney General of the Federation to bring her back to Nigeria from the U.K, where she traveled to shortly after leaving office in 2015. She said she would like to…
http://ift.tt/2yFwcOT LAGOS EPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Again, Nigeria’s inability to control its fans in international matches has earned it the wrath of World football governing body FIFA, as the country’s football authority has been fined $31,000 for crowd disorder during last month’s World Cup qualifier against Cameroon in Uyo. The match ended 4-0 in favour of Nigeria,…
http://ift.tt/2hE2CGr LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Government has announced the immediate closure of Agodi Zoo. The government said this decision is based on the report received from the company managing the Zoo, AM & C, that one of the lions at the Zoo had accidentally attacked one of the attendants, Hamzat Oyekunle, popularly known…
http://ift.tt/2xFIz0C LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its 10-day old strike. Biobelemoye Josiah, National Chairman of JOHESU confirmed this to newsmen after the meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment on Saturday in Abuja. Josiah said that the leadership of JOHESU would hold an emergency National Executive Council (NEC)…
