LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Jubilation erupted spontaneously in major towns of Umuahia and Aba on Wednesday after INEC declared Alex Otti of the Labour Party the winner of March 18 governorship election. The jubilant residents of the two cities danced round the major streets and made bonfire on roads. Fireworks of various kinds also sparkled in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), Sunday evening arrested the Abia State Resident Electorial Commisioner (REC) of the Independent National Electorial Commission (INEC), Chijioke Uzochukwu for absconding from his duty post. It was gathered that Ezeani was arrested on Sunday, after he went into hiding in a hotel in Umuahia…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Aba, Abia State and others Abians are full of praises for Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, the state Governor, for his bold and unwavering support for the presidential project of Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP Presidential candidate after posters of “Peter Obi for President and Governor Ikpeazu for Senate,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, has alleged that some politicians were buying the PINs of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, for N5,000 in Abia State. APGA has raised the alarm, alleging a plot to rig the 2023 polls in Abia State. APGA Chairman, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, raised the alarm while unveiling the…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An angry mob has destroyed a mortuary at Ndiolumbe, Isiala Ngwa council area of Abia State ,over alleged harvest of dead body parts. The mortuary attendants were said to have fled the facility on sighting the irate youths. The mob burnt ambulances and destroyed the facility, popularly known as Prince O Mortuary,…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have attacked a branch of the United Bank for Africa, at Bank Road, Umuahia in Abia State. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. Eye witness disclosed that an orange seller was shot during the robbery attack at the the bank. The victim…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely 24 hours after the release of the kidnapped Prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Uche and two other clerics after payment of N100 million ransom, the youths of the community have demanded that the military should vacate their community over alleged military involvement in criminal activities in the area….
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, who was abducted by hoodlums in Abia State, has said the church paid a sum of N100m to secure his freedom. In an interview on Tuesday in Lagos, the cleric told our correspondent that he was beaten by his abductors. He…