By Amos Odeh LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As parts its quest to deepen local content and boost job creation, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has on Friday signed equity investment agreements with two companies-Duport Midstream Company for the establishment of an Energy Park in Egbokor, Edo State and Eraskon Nigeria Limited, for a…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A factional acting National Charman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disregard the ongoing governorship primary election in Edo State. He made the appeal in a letter addressed to the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and received by the electoral umpire…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The famous Oba Market in Benin City, capital of Edo State, was Monday morning gutted by fire. The fire, said to have started at midnight, affected mostly those selling wears. The Oba Market fire is the fourth in the series of markets in Benin razed by fire. First to experience such ugly…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the leadership tussle in the All Progressives Congress, APC, escalates, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has warned political parties interested in the taking part in the September 19, 2020, Edo State governorship election that they must conduct their primary to elect a flagbearer within the next ten days as previously…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sidiqu Abubakar, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has said the fortunes of the All Progressives Congress was going down. Lawan’s aide made this known in reaction to the disqualification of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, by the party’s Screening Committee for the state’s…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled to take in Edo state has suffered a set back as a Federal High Court in Benin, Edo state on Monday granted an order restraining the party and its national chairman from conducting the exercise. The court ordered the party and…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-‘Our nation’s greatness is measured by how we treat those who are the most vulnerable-AL-Gore, Former Vice President of the United States of America. Each passing day in Nigeria brings to mind the fact that despite the widening strides by civil society organizations (CSO’s) and development minded individuals to…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki has been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, accused of certificate forgery and perjury. The case was filed on 29 May. The plaintiffs in the case are Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu. Joined as defendants are the All Progressives Congress (APC), Independent National…