LAGOS JULY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of secretly conceding land to the federal government for a pilot scheme of the RUGA Settlement. It said Governor Obaseki’s silence on the issue at a time other state governments are rejecting the establishment of RUGA settlement in their respective states…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some victims of flood in Benin, Edo State took refuge in a Christ Apostolic Church of God Mission, a church within the neighbourhood where the disaster happened on June 24. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the victims were residing at Ogbowan Street and Ogbowan Crescent, Ugbor area of the Government…
State LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, may have a very rough road to seeking another term of office next year, as his antagonists are planning to deny him the ticket of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), investigation by our correspondent has revealed. The current impasse in the State House…
LAGOS JUNE18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reverend Father Isaac Agabi, who was abducted last Sunday by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, has regained his freedom. Father Agabi, who is the priest in charge of Holy Name Catholic Church, Ikpeshi, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, was kidnapped along Auchi-Igarra road at about 5.00 pm, while on his…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have ambushed and attacked an ambulance conveying medical materials along the boundary between Owo in Ondo State and Edo State. The ambulance is a white Toyota bus conveying some medical personnel and members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) when it was attacked, Saharareporters report. An impeccable source who spoke…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos based teacher who was kidnapped in Benin on Friday, May 24, narrated his experience in the den of the kidnappers where he spent five days before he was released after paying a ransom. According to him, the kidnappers have laptops and a tracking device which they use to monitor intruders….
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGRS)-The Edo Police Command on Sunday confirmed the discovery of two dead bodies inside an abandoned well in Idunowina community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. The command spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor who confirmed the deaths, said investigation had commenced to unravel the causes. He said the case…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers Unity House, RUH, an All Progressives Congress, APC, interest group in the state has joined growing calls for removal of Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the APC. RUH Convener, Kingsley Wali, who in Port Harcourt, expressed the body’s dissatisfaction with Oshiomhole’s conduct, alleged that the former Edo state governor was…