LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Three teenagers were feared dead during a fire outbreak in an illegal crude oil refining camp situated between Ibelebiri and Otuegue 2 communities in Ogbia Local Council Area of Bayelsa State. It was gathered the three teenagers, with others were involved in illegal crude oil bunkering activities, popularly known as Kpoo-fire. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An unidentified pastor and his female assistant have been burnt to death in Igbogene, Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa. The incident happened when a 40-year-old jealous lover, Etifa Obukulubu set the home of his girlfriend on fire over suspicion of cheating. The pastor, said to be working with New Baptist Church…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Douye Diri, will appeal Monday’s ruling of the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, which nullified his election. Diri said he has, consequently, instructed his lawyers to file the necessary papers. He spoke shortly after the tribunal ruled that the Independent National Electoral Commission wrongly excluded…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state has ordered the reinstatement of four lecturers demoted by the Federal University of Otuoke, located in Otuoke, Ogbia local council area. Recall in 2018 the institution downgraded Professor Steve Nwabuzor from the rank of Professor to Lecturer I;…
By Okioma Amos LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The disparity in the volume of oil spill from Shell’s field at Angiama community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa has cause disagreement amongst parties investigating the incident. Although the March incident has been traced to equipment failure, by corrosion, investigations indicate that the Joint Investigative Visit…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has said that the lockdown of some states and theclosure of their borders by their respective governors is illegal. In reaction to reports of Nigerians being trapped in the border communities of some states because of the closure of the borders by the governor, the secretary to the government…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed that with effect from Friday, 15th November, 2019, all security aides attached to the Governors, their Deputies and all other public office holders, politicians and any other personality involved in the elections in the Bayelsa and Kogi States be withdrawn until the conclusion…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Bayelsa State has lamented the difficulties they have faced in their effort to rescue the abducted mother of former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia. Commissioner of Police in the state, Uche Anozia, said this on Friday while giving an update on effort they were making to rescue Mrs Beauty…