http://ift.tt/2f13iS1 LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The weekly Federal Executive Council meeting may not hold this week. The meeting holds every week on Wednesday. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had earlier said in a statement on Wednesday that the meeting will not hold due to inadequate time to prepare the documents for the meeting. In…
http://ift.tt/2gDRvJj R-L: Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; Commissioner for Wealth Creation, Cooperatives and Employment, Hon. Emmanuel Usoh; an official of the Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute in Medan, Indonesia; and the Permanent Secretary in the Edo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kadiri Bashiru, during the Governor’s working visit to the Institute…
http://ift.tt/2xMzErh LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A spurt in attacks by Boko Haram Islamists has claimed nearly 400 lives since April in Nigeria and Cameroon, double the figure of the previous five months, Amnesty said Tuesday. The increasing use of suicide bombers — often young women and girls forced to carry and detonate explosives in crowded areas…
http://ift.tt/2gDt0vN LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, has threatened to bar Nigerian airlines from flying to its country due to Security issues. The organization has given a 65-day ultimatum to Nigerian airlines to address the specified security risks or risk being barred. This development is coming shortly after a team of…
http://ift.tt/2eZMjPQ LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Akwa Ibom State Chapter has released the timetable and guidelines for the November 11 local government elections in the state. PDP State Chairman, Obong Paul Ekpo, on Tuesday, in a statement, said sales of nomination form begins as from 8th of September, 2017 at the party…
http://ift.tt/2w3g4F2 Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A socio-political group, the Nigerian Wailers, has revealed it is carrying out massive sensitization of Nigerians ahead of the 2019 general election in the country. The group said the enlightenment has become necessary to help Nigerians avoid a repetition of the mistake they made in the choices of candidates in…
http://ift.tt/2gDb44l LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion on Tuesday at the Unity Fountain in Abuja as Nigerian students numbering over 200 chased away one Aruna Kadiri who was parading himself as President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). Kadiri had planned to stage an unauthorised protest against the ongoing strike by the Academic…
http://ift.tt/2j04Dgm LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A reported clash between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and some soldiers has thrown Umuahia, the Abia state capital, in a state of confusion. The Nation reports that the clash which occurred on Monday night, September 4 at the popular Isi Gate area shut down the city as…