LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police detectives from the Ejigbo Division of the Lagos State Command have uncovered some houses, where a suspected dubious company known as Qnet, held hundreds of innocent Nigerians in captivity after obtaining millions of Naira under the guise of securing a foreign Dollars paying job abroad. P.M.EXPRESS investigation revealed that the houses…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced to death three women who kidnapped three children in Uyo and sold them off in Aba, Abia State for N1.1m. The convicts – one Enobong Nsikak Sunday, 38; Getrude Thompson Akpan, 48; and Mary Okon James, 49 years old, were sentenced…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Consulate and a United States-based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc., AGRI, to build a railway network that will connect the nine states of the Niger Delta region. The ceremony, which was a part of the one-day…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reacted to Saturday’s rallies organised by his supporters, known as the Obidients, across the nation. The Obidients, in commemoration of the nation’s Independence Day celebration held peaceful rallies in Lagos, Bauchi, Edo and others, including London. Reacting in a statement on Sunday…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent pendent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed Cyril Omorogbe as its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom following the exit of Mike Igini. The electoral body said this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Festus Okoye, on Tuesday. Having served as the INEC REC in the state for…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akwa Ibom State Government-owned airline, Ibom Air, had an emergency evacuation of passengers at the tarmac of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. It was gathered that the aircraft with number IAN 4157 and 128 passengers, departed Abuja for Lagos at 10.30a.m. It landed at the international runway in Lagos on…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Ibom State High Court as Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, was sentenced to death by hanging. Akpan attempted to escape shortly after the sentence was announced by the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, on Thursday. Our correspondent reports…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, is allegedly currently embroiled in a certificate forgery and impersonation scandal. Akan Okon, a PDP aspirant in the state, has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court in Uyo to disqualify Eno as he was cleared…