LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The vice president of Nigeria, professor Yemi Osinbajo recently was spotted having his hair cut in a public salon as seeng in the photos. It would be recalled, same was also done by the former Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Peter Fayose earlier this year at Ado Ekiti when he was also spotted…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NESRANGERS)-More indications that the implementation of the 2019 financial estimates presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, a couple of weeks ago, may be difficult emerged yesterday as oil price slumped to $49.9 before it recovered to $51 later in the day. The slide was the lowest since July 2017…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have dismissed 121 of at least 167 police officers who absconded from a counterterrorism training facility to avoid deployment against Boko Haram insurgents last week, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The 121 officers of the police rank-and-file were accused of committing mutiny and desertion, prompting Inspector-General Ibrahim Idris to order their…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video of the confession of a suspect who killed Alex Badeh, former chief of defence staff, is currently trending. Badeh died from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack on December 18. He was returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi road when he was shot dead. In the video, Shuaibu Rabi, the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has charged Nigerians “to work together towards enthroning a new Nigeria that will in turn take care of all the needs of Nigerians, ranging from security through job creation to constant power supply.” Obi spoke on Thursday during the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Force Headquarters has ordered the arrest and prosecution of 190 riot policemen who absconded from the ongoing training at the Special Forces School, Buni-Yadi, Yobe State. The fleeing policemen were part of the 2,000 Police Mobile Officers mobilised for the training preparatory to their deployment for combat against Boko Haram insurgents…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police-Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has arrested two Ghanaians for allegedly robbing a truck driver of his vehicle and goods with acid. The Force spokesman, DCP Jimoh Moshood confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, stressing that the suspects carried out the crime in Edo on Dec. 9,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will flag off the campaign for his second term bid in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom state, on Friday. Ita Enang, senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), made the disclosure on Monday. Enang said the president would be in the state with Adams Oshiomhole,…
