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http://ift.tt/2sI97Nf Tompolo LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday dismissed the suit filed Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tomopolo, challenging a criminal charge preferred against him by the Federal Government. Tompolo, through his lawyer, Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa, had approached the court seeking nullification of Section 221 and 306 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act…

http://ift.tt/2uK3xGr LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 33-year- old commercial motorcyclist identified as Adeniyi Victor was killed on Tuesday in the flood caused by hours of torrential downpour in Ado Ekiti. This is just as properties worth millions of naira were destroyed ?in many areas of the Ekiti State capital over ran with flood. The mostly affected…

http://ift.tt/2tIDBOE Former President Goodluck Jonathan LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives’ Ad-hoc Committee has resolved to invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan over the alleged diversion of $1 billion. The committee is investigating the alleged corruption, malpractices, breach of due process in the award of Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245. Rep. Rasak Atunwa, Chairman of the…

http://ift.tt/2uoFZrr Agbakoba LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prominent Igbo lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), on Tuesday condemned the call for the country’s restructuring, describing it as a political calculation by the elite to grab power in 2019. Rather, he justified the demand for self-determination by the Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB,…

http://ift.tt/2uoMHO4 LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Akwa Ibom government to fully deploy N-Power volunteers or lose its slots to other states. Mr. Afolabi Imoukhuede, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Employment, issued the warning at the state institutional stakeholders meeting in…