LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of Zamfara State Sharia Court Judge, Salihu Abdullahi, kidnapped by bandits three weeks ago, has launched an appeal fund, seeking for money to ransom him. Abdullahi was kidnapped by bandits along with his colleague, Shafi,u Jangebe, when they were returning to Zamfara State from Niger Republic where they were studying…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki on his re-election as the governor of Edo State. The chairman of the APC national caretaker committee, Mai Mala Buni said in a statement that the peaceful conduct of the election and its outcome represents a victory for Nigeria’s democracy. He said…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the observers in the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, Intercontinental Leadership Initiative, has queried the integrity of the election. Country Head of the organisation, Mr Stafford Bisong, who spoke in Benin on Monday. said that his group h had its officials across the 18 Local Government Area of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a colonel after an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists. The army described D.C. Bako as “one of our gallant and finest war heroes.” PREMIUM TIMES reported the ambush, near Damboa, which led to the death of Mr Bako, a colonel who also commands an…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has called up 25 players ahead of next month’s friendly matches against the Elephants of Ivory Coast and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, scheduled for Austria. Five other players have been put on standby, according to a statement from the Nigeria Football Federation on Monday. The…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has paid glowing tribute to his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who clocked 60 yesterday. He praised the Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District for her perseverance, endurance and independent character, attributes, which, according to him, she exhibited particularly during the struggle against military…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of Mali’s military junta said Monday he will serve as the vice president in a transitional government that is supposed to bring about a return to democracy more than a month after a coup. The move is likely to be immediately rejected by the international community, which has called on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike arrived Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, triumphantly into the embrace of excited crowd of enthusiastic Rivers people. In his address, he commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the police over their conduct during the Edo Governorship Election. Wike, who is the Chairman of the Peoples…
