LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator representing Edo South in the National Assembly, Matthew Urhoghide, yesterday revealed what happened to him after he moved the motion for President Muhammadu Buhari’s impeachment. The Senator who said he has no regrets for moving the motion, alleged that the Chief of Staff to Governor Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele, mobilized thugs tojustassault…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday sacked the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Mr. Reginald Okun. Obaseki also approved the retirement of the General Manager of the Edo State Waste Management Board, Mr. Aiyamenkue Akonofua. The governor, according to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government,…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people were reported to have been injured as the convoy of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki was yesterday involved in an accident along the Benin-Lagos Express Road. NewsRangers learnt that no life was lost in the accident which occurred in front of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH). When our…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won all the 18 chairmanship seats in the March 3 local government election in Edo. The Chairman of the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), Prof. Stanley Orobator, announced the results of the council polls in Benin on Sunday. Orobator said the exercise was rancor-free and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive ofNational Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah has called for the declaration of state of emergency over the drug situation in Nigeria. Abdullahi who made the call during the destruction ceremony of 137 tons of illicit drugs in Edo State, South- South Nigeria, which is the…
LAGOS FENRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two students of the Ambrose Ali university, Ekpoma, Edo State, today, lost their lives in a fatal accident, after a campus shuttle suffered a brake failure. According to reports, a 300 Level student of the Department of Educational and Foundation Management, Ebere, lost her life immediately, while several others were injured. One…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo University, Iyamho, Edo State, made a giant stride recently, when it was ranked first among State-owned Universities and third among Universities in Nigeria, in the first ever Open Educational Resources (OER). The ranking which was first of its kind, was initiated by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has expressed his willingness to partner with the State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) by inaugurating the State Drug Control Committee in seven days. The governor made this known in Benin City during a working visit by the NDLEA Edo State commander,…