http://ift.tt/2xfSuZB LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has commenced gradual withdrawal of its men stationed at various checkpoints in Aba after the recent clash with protesting members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that on Sunday, Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu told newsmen in Umuahia that the military on…
http://ift.tt/2hcODDH SenatePresdent Bukola Saraki LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Bukola Saraki,the President of the Senate, has said that the announcement of the proscription of the group known as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by Governors of the South-east states and the categorization of the group as a ‘terrorist organisation’ by the Defence Headquaters are unconstitutional and…
http://ift.tt/2ykuWRT LAGOS SETEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a man, Andrew Agofure, suspected to have burgled a house at Lekki-Ajah area of the metropolis and stole a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon valued at N37 million. But Agofure has denied the allegation. Police said they were also…
http://ift.tt/2xKhoC5 The burnt palace of Okokomaiko Hausa’s leader LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were reported to have lost their lives as groups loyal to the son of Saika Hausawa of Okokomaiko and a suya seller enganged in physical battle in Okokomaiko a suburb of Lagos state. Report reaching Newsrangers revealed that the incident started on…
http://ift.tt/2xL0F1J Zannah Mustapha in a class at the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18 (NEWSRANGERS)-Zannah Mustapha, the Nigerian mediator who brokered a deal for the release of dozens of Chibok schoolgirls captured by Boko Haram, has been named this year’s winner of the United Nations High Commissioner for…
http://ift.tt/2hcdkjn LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 people were killed on Monday when two female suicide bombers attacked an aid distribution point in northeast Nigeria. A rescue worker said the first blast happened at 11:10am local time (10:10GMT) in Mashalari village of the Konduga area, about 40km from Borno state capital Maiduguri. “[It] killed 15…
http://ift.tt/2y8H5IF LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in New York to join other world leaders for the one week 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) high-level events starting on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The President was accompanied by Governors Abdul’aziz Yari, David Umahi and Rotimi Akeredolu of Zamfara,…
http://ift.tt/2wAgTFD Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS) — The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday said loading of products, including aviation fuel, would stop from today as affiliates of United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, begin an indefinite strike. Also, electricity workers, on the platform of National Union…