LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade Thursday dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). He formally declared for the ruling party at the Cross River State Executive Council Chamber, Governor’s Office in Calabar after a two-hour meeting with seven APC governors led by the party’s interim…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gas explosion has occurred at the Olusegun Obasanjo presidential library in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. The explosion, which happened on Thursday morning at the event centre within the library complex, is said to have led to the death of a technician. Some workers at the facility were said to be on…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayade announced his decision on Thursday morning during a meeting with six APC governors at the Government House in Calabar. The governors were led by the national caretaker chairman of the APC and Yobe State governor,…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Capa Park Mosafejo area of Oshodi, Lagos State, on Thursday, after a group of Military men stormed the area to comb the hideouts over the murder of their colleague by some miscreants in the area. The incident which occurred in the morning led to many residents, traders, and…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attorney General of the federation and minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, was recently a guest at Channels television. Channels TV host, Seun Okinbaloye took up the duty to interview the minister. However, many Nigerians are of the view that Seun Okinbaloye is not an intelligent host as he failed to ask sensitive…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival Islamic State-allied jihadists in the north of the country, two intelligence sources said on Thursday. Shekau’s Boko Haram faction and fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) had…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former American sprinter Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400m champion, has died aged 74, The PUNCH reports. Evans suffered a stroke last week in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, and has been on life support at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo. Retired footballer and 1980 AFCON winner Segun Odegbami, a close…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined. According to the bill, Nigerians who pay ransom to kidnappers and kidnappers who receive ransom risk 15 years imprisonment. The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill,…
