http://ift.tt/2mwzyT1 LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has further dropped to 15.91 per cent in October from 15.98 recorded in September. The NBS disclosed this in its “CPI Oct. 2017 Report’’ released on Wednesday in Abuja. The CPI, which measured inflation, increased…

http://ift.tt/2ijiFH8 Power Uti LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embattled former Nigerian wrestler, John Uti also known as “Power Uti” is now languishing in prison custody while awaiting lègal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution ( DPP ). At the resumed hearin? in the case Wednesday, Uti was not produced in Court by prison authorities….

http://ift.tt/2AISOiB Robert Mugabe LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has sent special delegation to the Republic of Zimbabwe over military take-over of Mugabe’s government. Zuma who chairs the Southern African Development Community, SADC, in a statement disclosed that he spoke with President Robert Mugabe who is fine but confined to his home….

http://ift.tt/2ijf0Jh LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Military Task Force, code-named Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), on Tuesday arrested two women for allegedly trafficking a 4-day-old baby girl. The suspects, Doris Egbufurum, 39, and Esther James, 40, were said to have been arrested with the baby at Babale Gwam checkpoint, a boundary between Plateau and Bauchi states….

http://ift.tt/2htiZSA Obiano LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday asked the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to restore the security aides of the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, with immediate effect. Obiano had on Tuesday raised the alarm that his security aides have been withdrawn of the governorship election in Anambra State. The…

http://ift.tt/2AOdiHJ LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zimbabwe army’s takeover of the state broadcaster and action against some members of President Robert Mugabe’s government has been praised by the chairman of the Liberation War Veterans’ Association. Chris Mutsvangwa, head of the war veterans’ group issued a statement from Johannesburg praising Army General Constantino Chiwenga for carrying out…

http://ift.tt/2AHPZ1f LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Imo State government has responded to the call by a human rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, demanding the probe of Governor Rochas Okorocha over the statues erected in honour of two African leaders, Jacob Zuma and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. SERAP had called on the Code of Conduct…

http://ift.tt/2z3zCje LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 15-year-old housemaid, Deborah Mathew, is battling to stay alive at the Ikeja General Hospital after her “madam” allegedly flung her out from the balcony of a two storey building in the Surulere area of Lagos State. The madam, whose identity was still unknown as at the time of going to…