LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate plans to amend the Constitution to allow for the creation of state and community police. Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed the plan on Tuesday, three days after he faulted the country’s security infrastructure and called for the removal of incapable security chiefs. “Today, my colleagues and I in the eighth…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 16-year-old girl, Chinyere, has narrated how suspected Fulani herdsmen abducted her and other co-travellers at the Okada junction on the Benin-Ore Expressway, Edo State. The victim said she was held for five days as the herdsmen tortured the men in the group with sticks, guns and cutlasses. The Abia State indigene…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI) IsahJere Idris has today met with top management staff of the Service, Zonal Coordinators and Comptrollers of Commands/Formationsat the Service Headquarters in Abuja for operational briefing as part of preparatory activities for the forthcoming general elections in 2023. During the meeting, the CGI reiterated government’s commitment…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and five others were arraigned in court. They pleaded not guilty to a 10 count charge of fraudulent diversion of funds meant for the clearing of evasive plants on the North East. Lawyers to Babachir Lawal and the defendants argued their application…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some result sheets for the presidential and National Assembly elections meant for Imo State had been found missing by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The result sheets were subsequently discovered to be in Gombe and Ondo states. Similarly, some results sheets meant for Gombe State had been found in Imo State. The…
http://ift.tt/2n3HQ56 Juliana Francis LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Crime Editor of New Telegraph newspaper, Juliana Francis, has emerged the first runner up of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Female Reporters Leadership Programme, 2017 edition. At the award and appreciation ceremony held on Friday in Lagos, which had 15 female journalists selected from various media…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has declared that the Force is ready for the 2019 general election. He spoke in Lagos at the weekend during a book presentation. “We are prepared for the elections. We have the men and we have the equipment to carry out our duties successfully before, during and…
http://ift.tt/2tAWpvc LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Monday alerted the federal government on the possibility of collapse of bridges leading to Lagos seaports. The South-West Chairman of of the union, Mr Tokunbo Korodo raised the alarm in a chat with Newsman in Lagos. He appealed to NNPC…