LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as a member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from Peoples Democratic Party to All Progressives Congress,…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS0-There was palpable tension at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, as a passenger, suspected to have suffered high blood pressure, died on Wednesday morning, after doctors failed to respond. The passenger was at the boarding gate area waiting for flight when she collapsed and all efforts to assist her by other…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some passengers of Max Air went berserk at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday. The incident, which happened at the domestic wing of the airport caused commotion at the terminal as the passengers accused the airline of delaying their flights for hours without providing reasons. Many of the passengers invaded…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old house wife, Mrs Rahmat, has been killed by lightning following a heavy rainfall at Anguwar Abattoir in Abaji Area Council of the FCT. A resident of the area, Shuaibu Ibrahim, said the incident happened around 8pm on Friday when the lighting struck the woman who was fetching rain water from a…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of the Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT has been shot dead by bandits who attacked him on his way after conducting a business transaction. Also killed along with the Chairman were three of his members who were with him. Vanguard gathered that the…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national electricity grid collapsed again on Friday evening, making it the third time the grid had collapsed within the space of one month. Some power distribution companies confirmed the development in separate messages on Friday evening. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company stated that the collapse had resulted in power outage in…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Interior, Mrs. Anastasia Daniel-Nwobia in relation to the botched 2014 recruitment exercise in the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a judgment on Thursday, found Mrs Daniel-Nwobia guilty of breaching the Public Procurement…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERSThe convoy of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was on Wednesday involved in a ghastly motor accident in Abuja, which claimed the lives of two of his aides, Inspectors Ibrahim Abazi and Yakubu Toma. The incident happened when the ECOWAS Special Envoy was on his way from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to…