http://ift.tt/2yCTgT4 Ekweme LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, has dismissed reports making the rounds claiming that the elder statesman is dead. It could be recalled that barely a week ago, Ekwueme, reportedly collapsed and was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit of Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery, Enugu State. Following his…
http://ift.tt/2yCrExd LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Global oil benchmark, Brent crude, hit a 28-month high since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in mid 2015. Brent, on which Nigeria’s crude oil is priced, rose by $2 to $64.07 per barrel as of 8:03pm Nigerian time on Monday, more than $19 higher than the country’s oil price benchmark…
http://ift.tt/2zl70Bv Tompolo LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, (RNDA) in coalition with nine other militant groups has vowed that they will soon ‘smoke out’ wanted former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo They alleged that top federal government officials and the government of…
http://ift.tt/2hjQXNh By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The sudden threat to resume hostilities in the Niger Delta region by Niger Delta Avengers should be to all a reality to worry about. The reason is simple. if such outing which they promised will be brutal, brutish and bloody is allowed, it will again portray us as…
http://ift.tt/2AfCEgn LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavy sounds of explosions were heard in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Tuesday morning. Residents living around Zannari in London Ciki and University of Maiduguri area told newsmen that the blast occurred withing their area. Although information was still scant as of the time of filling this report, it has thrown…
http://ift.tt/2ApdIE1 LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man identified as Edwin Vincent has been arrested by the police in Bayelsa State for killing his wife, Joy Michael. The police spokesperson, Asinim Butswat, said Vincent killed his wife, Joy when she went fishing alongside their neighbour, Juliet Philip. .“On November 5, 2017, at about 0830hrs, one Edwin Vincent…
http://ift.tt/2zoE20W Obasanjo LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been appointed into the United Nations (UN) High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation along with 17 other current and former global leaders. The Secretary-General, Antonio Gutierrez had in September announced the establishment of the board to provide him with advice on mediation initiatives and back specific…
http://ift.tt/2zAqvWY Idris Wada LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada. The anti-graft agency traced N500m to the former governor’s account on Monday. The money, it is understood, was said to be part of the N23bn allegedly disbursed by a former Minister…