LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a chaotic Wednesday in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State as angry youths from Amaise, Umuokereke Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia state took to Aba-Ikot Ekpene expressway in Aba to protest against the killing of their kinsman Chimaobi Nwaogu Uzoukwa, who was reportedly killed by a…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sporadic gunshots sent people scampering for safety, even as four persons were wounded and property worth hundreds of thousands of naira were destroyed at the end of the Abia State Governorship Debate in Umuahia on Tuesday. The debate held at Abia Hotels was organised by Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN),…
Shell Nigeria Gas has re-trained 30 firefighters in Abia State and donated firefighting equipment to the state fire service. This intervention was triggered by two recent fire disasters in the state which resulted in deaths and loss of property worth millions of naira. Over 150 shops in the timber and furniture section of the Nkwo…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWRANGERS)-Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, revoked the bail of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, following his failure to appear in court for trial as scheduled. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Kalu together with his former Commissioner for Finance,…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The book is titled ‘Saved for His Praise.’ The book launch marked the celebration of Mr. Obasi who is a survivor of a strange illness that almost claimed his life. Obasi who is the publisher of Business Hallmark and a former Commissioner for Information in Abia State almost lost his life to…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Imo State Police Command, have been accused of collecting a N10,000 bribe from some journalists. The operatives, led by one Inspector Uche, reportedly collected the money under duress, threatening to frame the journalists if they failed to give the bribe. A photo…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the meeting of the Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, with the executive members of various transport unions in the state, Abia State Internal Revenue Service and the global consultants to the state on internally generated revenue (IGR), the Governor has directed as follows: 1. All approvals given to revenue…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a fire on the fourth floor, and she jumped from the balcony, sustaining severe injuries on the concrete below. That is the fate of Miss Chidubem Nwankwo, a student of Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology (ASCOHSMAT) Aba, Abia State. Miss Nwankwo, who hails from Okigwe in…
