LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the Nigerian Army participating in Exercise Python Dance III have killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued four civilians in Ukpelede community in the Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. Our correspondent learnt that the troops, attached to 29 Battalion and 6 Division Area on Thursday, encountered a gang…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday slammed the Peoples Democratic Party leaders for allegedly looting the treasury for 16 years, saying “only God can give them punishment”. Buhari spoke at the State House, Abuja, when he received the leaders of 1,000 support groups. He said, “Large scale abuse of trust, only God can…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on traders not to allow Nigeria to collapse. He made this call on Friday while campaigning in selected markets across Anambra State. Obi, who visited Ose Okwodu, Bright, Main Market, Ochanja and Upper Iweka markets in Onitsha,…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Ngei Abe has described the ruling of the Supreme Court in favour of Ibrahim Umar and other APC chieftains, who were aggrieved by their exclusion during the Party Congresses in Rivers State as a stunning victory for Democracy, Justice and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The joy of the All Progressives Congress (APC), members and contestants to the decision of the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, has been cut short, with the Supreme Court, on Friday, upholding that decision of the lower courts barring the party from fielding candidates. Only on Thursday, the party, particularly,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSANGERS)-The Federal Government has said the controversial dichotomy in the placement of HND and Degree holders in the federal civil service cadres has not been abolished. This is despite wide held belief that the dichotomy has been abolished and the holders of the two certificates would henceforth enjoy same privileges. The Head…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday suspended its three-month strike following an agreement it reached with the Federal Government. It, however, warned that “this is a suspension, not an outright call-off. If government reneges on our memorandum of agreement, we will embark on another industrial action with full force.” According…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The native doctor and his apprentices alleged to have incited irate young men who stripped a lady naked and inserted pepper inside her private part for allegedly stealing a mobile phone flee as Edo State Police command arrested some of the culprits. According to report, the yet-to-be-identified lady was completely stripped naked…
