http://ift.tt/2xRNnQR LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Five persons have been abducted from a merchant vessel in the vicinity of Parrot Island, Calabar, Nigeria, the UK-based security brokerage Asket said. The incident occurred in the evening hours of September 18. As informed, four speed boats attacked the unnamed ship, abducting the men. Separately, Dryad Maritime confirmed the incident…
http://ift.tt/2xgoGgn Minister of Informaion Lai Mohammed LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government said it has traced the financial headquarters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to France and vowed to block the inflow of fund to the now proscribed organization. Addressing State House correspondents, on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai…
http://ift.tt/2fiTwOv LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has confirmed its past verdict which sacked lawmaker, Herman Hembe, representing Vandeikiya/Konshisha federal constituency of Benue state from the House of Representatives. The apex court had declared Mrs Dorathy Mato winner of the APC party ticket for the constituency and asked Hembe to vacate his seat at the…
http://ift.tt/2ynGEvc LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, on Monday, stated that the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, did not declare the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB an terrorist organization in the country. Speaking during the official launch of Operation Python Dance II in Abakaliki, the Army Chief who argued that what the Defence Headquarters…
http://ift.tt/2xdGXsa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four persons Monday lost their lives following an explosion that rocked the Petroleum Wharf, Apapa, Lagos. A source told SHIPPING DAY that the explosion occurred at the jetty when a vessel, Histria Ivory, was discharging fuel, Premium Motor Spirit. It was gathered that some hoodlums had gathered at the jetty to…
http://ift.tt/2xcmS5r LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 44 people have now died in a cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations said Monday, calling for nearly $10 million to keep the disease from spreading. “To date, the outbreak has claimed at least 44 lives, out of close to 2,300 confirmed and/or suspected cases,” the world…
http://ift.tt/2jFqnyq LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government has ended. The meeting ended at about 8:30pm on Monday. ASUU at the end of the meeting initially said it would announce its position on the strike action in a few hours. The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun…
http://ift.tt/2xNohCW LAGOS SEPTEBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kogi State Police Command said it has launched a manhunt for the killers of an expatriate, his police orderly and driver on the Lokoja-Ajaokuta Road on September 16. The command’s Public Relation Officer, ASP William Aya, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Lokoja. Aya said the expatriate was traveling…