LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wife of Onojie of Ewatto in Esan South-east Local Government of Edo State, Florence Ikhumhen, has been kidnapped along with one of her daughters by unknown gunmen. The queen, who just retired as the Principal of Itohan Grammar School in Benin City, was said to have been abducted on Sunday night along…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as well as some religious leaders on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to allow the South-East to establish their security outfit to be known as Operation Ogbunigwe. This is just as the governors of the zone adopted the community policing programme of the Nigeria…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The patron of Imo Concerned Citizens Forum, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, yesterday, lead street protest in Owerri, Imo State over the Supreme Court judgment that ousted Emeka Ihedioha. Activities in Owerri, Capital of Imo State and its environs were shut down as people closed their businesses and offices to join…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A large crowd of Borno residents, on Wednesday, booed the President Muhammadu Buhari as his convoy drove from the Maiduguri International Airport to the centre of the city. Buhari, upon returning from a five-day trip to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, paid a condolence visit to the North-Eastern state, following a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About 16 members of same family were burnt to death by bandits who invaded Bakali village in Fatika District, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits, it was learnt invaded the community on Tuesday around 4:00pm and set fire on many bags of grains, vehicles and motorcycles in the village….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles captain and defender, Joseph Yobo has been appointed assistant coach of the Super Eagles by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. The retired former Olympique Marseille, Fenerbahce and Everton defender replaces Imama Amapakabo in the technical crew. Yobo also played for the Nigeria U20 soccer team – Flying Eagles –…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commonwealth Secretary-General has launched a new scholarship at the King Henry VIII College in Selangor, Malaysia. One of the first recipients was 16-year-old Scot Choo, the son of a pilot who died when Malaysian plane MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014. Secretary-General Patricia Scotland officially presented Scot with his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari has expressed disappointment with the state of power generation in Nigeria. Speaking at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit which provided opportunity for the signing of a $1.1 million grant between Nigeria and the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) as part-funding for…
