http://ift.tt/2wJTpT8 LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Member, house of representatives, Hon. Dr. Tony Nwoye has emerged as the flagbear of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 18, governorship election in Anambra state. Nwoye pulled 2,146 votes to beat his closet rival, Senator Andy Uba with 931 votes in a keenly contested exercise that lasted for…
http://ift.tt/2ggTeaT LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Government on Sunday announced that it has concluded arrangements for 2017 eid-il-Kabir free train ride from Lagos to Osogbo. The state government, through a statement signed by the Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives Hon. Ismail Jayeoba-Alagbada, said the gesture is in furtherance of Governor Rauf Aregbesola administration’s…
http://ift.tt/2xi8GYf Mr Godwin Obaseki LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki on Sunday pledged to transform the fortunes of the many ordinary people in the state as the state attained 26 years. In a speech to commemorate the anniversary of the state’s creation, Obaseki saluted the unalloyed support of Edo people…
http://ift.tt/2visCNm LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdulkadir Abubakar, a former Boko Haram commander, has said he’s ready to help the military facilitate the arrest of Abubakar Shekau. He said two factions of the insurgent group are ready to cooperate with the federal government to defeat Shekau. The Boko Haram commander was arrested by the military in Gujba…
http://ift.tt/2wSmtqG LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Motorists plying the Asaba-Onitsha Expressway have decried the poor state of the road and called on the government to come to their aid. As a result of how bad the road has become, gridlocks have become a constant and motorists spend hours just to get through. This has taken a toll…
http://ift.tt/2vgY2UC LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Floyd Mayweather Jr. figured out a 50th opponent, letting Conor McGregor have the early rounds before stalking him late and leaving the mixed martial artist defenseless and exhausted on the ropes. Mayweather battered McGregor around the ring in the later rounds, finally stopping him at 1:05 of the 10th round Saturday…
http://ift.tt/2vs3ekh LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two weeks after the National Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Office For Drug and Crime (UNODC) published a report indicting the Nigeria Police and the judiciary as leading corrupt government institutions, the Inspector General Of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has criticised the report. According to the IGP, the premise upon…
http://ift.tt/2izRZo0 LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-If you are wondering how Governor Ifeanyi Okowa became the “favorite” of the fourth estate of the realm, ask Mr. President. Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of oil and gas wealthy Delta state is a friend of President Muhammadu Buhari, Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and…