http://ift.tt/2iO4vNS Uche Secondus LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Uche Secondus is the man of the moment. The 62-year-old politician from Rivers State, South-south of Nigeria, won big on Saturday in Abuja. But his election as the new leader of Nigeria’s biggest opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, seemed to have already put his party on a…

http://ift.tt/2kWZU04 Atiku LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has asked for unity amongst members of the Peoples Democratic Party following the conclusion of election of the party’s executive at its National Convention on Saturday. A press statement by the media office of the former Vice President congratulating Uche Secondus as…

http://ift.tt/2kWC4lp Dokpesi LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The founder of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, who contested the PDP National Chairmanship position and lost, has congratulated the winner, Uche Secondus. Mr. Dokpesi, who had earlier faulted the process of the party’s National Convention held in Abuja on Saturday, declared that “the delegates have spoken”. He told journalists covering…

http://ift.tt/2AtVAN6 LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force is planning to counter-protest the nationwide #EndSARS rally on Monday with a demonstration of their own, tagged #SupportSARS. Police have been circulating the hashtag #SupportSARS on social media and have called on media organizations to report on their rally in Abuja supporting the police. The Nigeria Police…

http://ift.tt/2kEv0cN IGP Idris LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen attached to bullion van ran for their dear lives when they were accosted by dare devil armed robbers along the the Benin-Asaba expressway. Eyewitness said the robbers numbering about ten had ambushed the van along the busy Asaba-Benin-Onitsha expressway and after chasing away the security escort accompanying the…

http://ift.tt/2BloK11 LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brenda Nwanguma, a worker with Inner City Mission for Children, under the Christ Embassy Church canopy, is threatening to drag the church and Pastor Kenechukwu Kanu, aka Kaycee, to court. Nwanguma, a member of the Christ Embassy Church, is demanding for justice in respect of alleged work place harassment, intimidation, blackmail…

http://ift.tt/2iICSWK LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted another shipment of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa concealed in building materials. The drug packed in four hundred and nine bags with a total weight of 7,073kg was ingeniously concealed in a consignment of building…

http://ift.tt/2kakLZY LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released proposed dates for the 2019 general elections. The votes begin in about 434 days in Africa’s most populated country. Chairman of the agency, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said vote for Presidential and National Assembly Elections will hold on February 16, 2019 while the Governorship,…