LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-Men of the Special Squad of the Nigerian Police have stormed Uyo and allegedly arrested Clerk of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Mrs . Mandu Umoren. Mrs. Umogen was allegedly arrested on Friday alongside the Assembly’s Cashier, Mr. Monday Akpan. They were reportedly arrested over “unpaid working imprest” of five…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mikel Obi has cancelled his contract with Chinese club, Tianjin Teda, a year before the agreement between club and player was due to run out. The Super Eagles captain is seeking a return to Europe for family reasons. In an interview with Tianjin TV Sports New Vision program, Mikel said: “I broke…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A twice-convicted murderer who declared he wanted to die and who Nevada officials said tried several times to kill himself after two scheduled lethal injections were postponed has been found dead from an apparent hanging, officials said Saturday. Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found unresponsive in his solo death-row cell at the…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Chairman, Media and Publicity, Atiku Campaign Council, Kogi State and PDP Youth Leader, Comrade Austin Okai and other notable PDP youth leaders and elders stormed Senator Dino Melaye’s residence in solidarity. He however, voiced his displeasure about the manner in which the police made a ceremony out the Senator’s willingness to…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to see the February 16, 2019 presidential election as decisive about the future and economic progress of Nigeria and not about the usual casting of votes because of vested interests. Obi gave the advice on Friday…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Public school teachers in Brazil, Indonesia or Peru have stable jobs, enjoy high level of legal protection, and are part of teacher unions that shield them politically. Public school teachers in Finland also have stable jobs and are rarely fired. They are represented by a powerful teacher union, which is very influential…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Dino Melaye has been rushed to a police clinic in Garki Area 1 of Abuja, after he was arrested and taken to SARS Headquarters. A police officer who was part of the team that arrested the lawmaker in his Abuja residence on Friday confirmed the case’s latest development. The officer said…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Dangote truck has been intercepted with smuggled rice by men of the Nigeria Customs Service in Adamawa State, SaharaReporters can report. Kamardeen Olumoh, Comptroller of Customs, Adamawa/Taraba command, paraded the truck to newsmen in Yola on Friday. “One Dangote truck carrying one hundred and fifty bags of foreign rice was intercepted…
