http://ift.tt/2xnEZrB LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Oil prices rose on Thursday, with Brent briefly touching a five-month high, a day after the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast the market would continue to tighten as fuel demand increased. Brent crude futures were up 56 cents, or 1 percent, at $55.72 a barrel by 12:16 p.m. EDT…
http://ift.tt/2fjFp8m LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Wednesday alleged that Biafra agitations by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were aimed at overthrowing President Muhammadu Buhari. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, spokesman of CNG, told journalists in Kano that the intent of IPOB is to make the country “ungovernable” for Buhari. The group also…
http://ift.tt/2xmxVer LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has raised the alarm over impending flood in Anambra, Abia, Delta and Bayelsa states. The warning came barely 24 hours after the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) released an alert on River Niger to the effect that further rise in water level in Niger Republic would…
http://ift.tt/2h296yy LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Divergent reactions have started trailing the concessioning of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, two of four major airports in the country. The Federal Government gave the approval as announced on Monday by the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Chairman, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of…
http://ift.tt/2waGwBF Wike LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police of being behind the series of kidnappings and armed robbery incidents in the state. Wike explained that the embattled Rivers State Special Anti-robbery Squad Commander, Mr Akin Fakorede, and his operatives had been indicted…
http://ift.tt/2jrBaw0 President Buhari signing a letter to NASS upon resumption with cabal member Abba Kyari Bayo Omoboriowo / State House LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Newly-leaked telephone conversations between two members of the cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari feature a suggestion he should resign his office because of his ill-health, with cabal frontliner Abba Kyari, his Chief…
http://ift.tt/2y0jUAr LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has suspended its strike. The suspension was announced in the early hours of Thursday after a meeting of the executives the association. The strike by the doctors, which commenced on September 4, crippled activities in public hospitals across Nigeria. The federal government had earlier…
http://ift.tt/2h1QkXV Emmanuel Bello LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 25 groups in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the aegis of Coalition of PDP Progressive Forces on Wednesday endorsed a former Commissioner for Information in Taraba State, Emmanuel Bello, as the National Publicity Secretary of the party. The pro-democracy organisations said Bello (45), has remained consisted in…