LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Professor Eric Uwanduegwu Ofoedu has disclosed that a total votes of 2, 565, 629 accredited voters were not reflected in the final result of the February 25 presidential election announced by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood. Ofoedu, who is a Professor of Mathematics at the…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some unidentified assailants have mistakenly killed a gang member during an operation in Anambra State. This happened when they invaded the Mgbuka-Amanzu Road by Pillar Bread junction, on Obibuenyi Street, Okpoko, in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. Two persons were said to be killed in the process. The incident…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the posting of CP Abutu Yaro to the Edo State Police Command as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the State. The IGP also ordered the posting of CP Sikiru Akande Kayode, CP Yekini Adio Ayoku and CP Mohammed Ahmed…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed that the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has not been released from detention. In an exclusive chat with our correspondent, the EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, noted that Obiano was transferred to Abuja on Friday morning. Obiano was arrested by the EFCC on…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national grid, on Monday, experienced its second collapse in 2022 resulting in blackout across the country. The states affected include Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others. Confirming the development in a text message to its customers, The Eko Electricity Distribution Company, said that the system…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor Peter Obi felicitates with His Grace, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji, on his recent appointment by His Holiness, Pope Francis, as the new Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese and Metropolitan of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province and his election as the new President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). In a Congratulatory…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced the outbreak of measles in eight states of the federation. The NCDC, in the latest measles report, announced the affected states as Jigawa, Anambra, Katsina, Rivers, Enugu, Delta, Osun and Sokoto, while 908 suspected cases had been reported so far. The centre also stated…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor Peter Obi has called on Nigerians to take charge of their country already blessed by God but facing so many challenges sprouting from leadership failure over the years. Obi made the call at Nkpor while addressing the National Directors of Religious Education. He insisted that Nigeria would have far developed beyond…