LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Web Summit has just announced that Edward Snowden, American NSA whistleblower, is set to address over 70,000 attendees at Web Summit in Lisbon. This November, Edward Snowden will speak live to the Web Summit audience in Lisbon down the line from Russia where he has been granted temporary asylum. Snowden made news…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed the federal government’s intention to cancel the operational licences of eight power distribution companies over alleged breached of some provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act in July 2019. The Commission listed the eight power firms to include Abuja, Benin, Enugu and Ikeja…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than two persons were reportedly killed and about seven others severely injured in a case of ‘accidental discharge’ by an officer of the Nigerian Police Force. The incident, which happened at the burial ceremony of the late mother of the traditional ruler of Umuakoli Urualla in Ideato North Local Government…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian parliament has passed a reform – with 553 yeas to 14 nays – that would cut the number of lawmakers by over one third. After Tuesday’s vote the number of senators in the Upper House is to drop from 315 to 200, while that of deputies in the Lower House…
A woman. Salome, Tuesday afternoon, lost her one-year-old baby to a child thief while fighting over N200 market levy in Owerri, Imo State. A witness said the woman had dropped her child to struggle over N200 levy imposed on her by some revenue collectors in the Eke Onuwa market, Owerri. After the fight with the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected sea pirates have abducted two policemen in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The victims were abducted yesterday from a passenger boat they had boarded from Ngo, headquarters of Andoni. It was gathered that the policemen had boarded the boat at the jetty to the new road, Ogoni – Andoni-Opobo-Nkoro…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The White House has issued a formal objection to House Democrats’ impeachment probe into President Trump without an official vote. In a blistering letter to House Democrats, the White House’s lawyer said President Trump “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) announced…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Professor Emmanuel C. Edozien, OFR, an accomplished economist, Professor, businessman and boardroom guru is dead. The former Economic Adviser to former President, Shehu Shagari, died Saturday afternoon inside his Ikoyi residence after a brief ailment, sources close to the family told THEWILL. Emmanuel, 82, a sibling of the Asagba of Asaba, Obi…
