By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it has raised some 6,659 entrepreneurs from its gas fields in Bayelsa and Delta from 2003 till date. Mr Igo Weli, General Manager, External Relations at SPDC stated this on Wednesday at a graduation and award ceremony for beneficiaries of the oil firm’s…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-A political pressure group, the Vanguards of Democracy (VOD), has said that it is “very disheartening and shameful” that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, “could stoop so low to deny the use of the INEC server in the collation and transmission of results for the…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unofficially regarded as the tallest man in Nigeria, the man who stands at a towering 7ft.4 inches is indeed a sight to behold. However, while living under the spot light may have brought good things into his life, it appears finding true love is not one of them. In a recent interview…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna Diocese, Most Rev. Mathew Ndagoso-Manoso, has lamented the lack of government presence in some communities in Borno State, saying that some communities depend on Boko Haram for essential services. Ndagoso-Manoso spoke at a church service conducted at the Our Lady’s Parish in Kaduna to mark the beginning…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen in Osun state to fish out the criminals among them. The leader of OPC in Osun state, Leke Akintayo, gave the ultimatum in Osogbo, on Tuesday, at a peace meeting with the leaders of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Mathew Manoso Ndagoso, on Tuesday, bluntly told President Muhammadu Buhari to quit office if he doesn’t have the capacity to preside over affairs of Nigeria, considering the level of hunger and insecurity in the country. Bishop Ndagoso fielded questions from journalists at the ongoing Annual…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In what could be described as a coup, nine Edo State House of Assembly members met on Monday night and elected Frank Okiye and Yekini Idiaye as speaker and deputy speaker respectively during the inauguration of the House presided over by the Clerk, Alhaji Audu Yahaya Omogbai. The inauguration, which followed a…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump has vowed to begin removing millions of illegal immigrants from the United States starting next week. The pledge came as Mr Trump formally announced his bid for re-election to the White House in 2020. He said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement would “begin the process of removing the millions of…
