LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State may have finally dumped his ambition to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), DAILY INDEPENDENT has learnt. The governor, whose four-year tenure will end this year, formally declared his intention in September 2017 in Abuja. Since then, not…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State All Progressives Congress has kicked against the elongation of tenure of the party’s national and state executives, saying it is against the country’s and APC’s constitutions. Rising from a Consultative Forum held at State House Marina, Lagos and attended by party elders from across the state, the leaders said…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italy has elected the first black senator in its history, it was announced on Tuesday, and he belongs to the anti-immigration League. The Local reports. Toni Iwobi, of Spirano in Lombardy, announced “with great emotion” on his Facebook page that he had been elected to the senate in Italy’s general election. “After…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Service (DSS ) has released Tony Ezimakor, Abuja bureau chief of Daily Independent newspaper, after seven days in detention. Civil rights groups, human rights activists and different organisations had asked the secret police to release the journalist unconditionally. He had honoured the invitation of the agency on Wednesday…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Italian man who reportedly left his house to commit suicide on Monday morning ended up shooting a Senegalese migrant dead on a bridge in central Florence, according to local media. Arab News Report. The 65-year-old left home with a legally owned gun after leaving a suicide note addressed to his daughter….
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A business man from Kano has been intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service at the international wing of the Kaduna International airport, while traveling on board ET941 Ethiopian Airline to Dubai on a business trip. Instablog9ja report. A team of Custom officers on patrol, led by CSC Medugu Y.D. apprehended the suspect,…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The original FIFA World Cup, which will be handed over to the captain of the victorious team inside the 80,000-capacity Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 15, 2018 as prize for conquering the world at the 21st FIFA World Cup finals in Russia, will arrive in Nigeria on Wednesday. The trophy, on…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Jojo Onwukwe, the Medical Director, of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu, has been arrested by policemen from the Force Headquarters over alleged victimisation of the hospital staff, abuse of office and corruption. The arrest took place at the International Conference Centre Abuja where he went to witness the inauguration of governing boards…
