LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the 82 Division/Joint Task Force South East, Operation UDO KA, in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services, have arrested a suspected commander of a kidnapping syndicate and recovered four AK-47 rifles, seven magazines and 133 rounds of ammunition from a forest hideout in Enugu State. The development…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.) and the Nigeria Bar Association are at logger head over demand by Rivers state Sole Administrator for the refund of N300m paid to the Association for the hosting of their 2025 annual convention in Rivers State. The NBA annual conference was scheduled…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has sanctioned eight power distribution companies (DisCos) for noncompliance with the capping of estimated bills for unmetered customers. A statement yesterday, NERC indicated that the affected DisCos are Abuja, Eko, Enugu, Ikeja, NERC said the companies overbilled customers in violation of energy caps set by the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over the recent collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid, which has once again left large parts of the country in darkness. The grid reportedly failed on Monday evening at around 6:18 pm, causing widespread power outages. Investigations revealed that electricity…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has said the biggest problem of Nigeria’s democracy is the judiciary and not the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Obi stated this at the fifth memorial of late Justice Anthony Aniagolu at the Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu. According to…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman who was kidnapped while on her way to the hospital for delivery has reportedly given birth at the kidnappers’ den at Egede, Udi local government area of Enugu State. The incident, which was said to have happened last Monday, saw the woman giving birth to a bouncing baby boy…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the ongoing re-run elections in 20 polling units in specific constituencies in Enugu, Akwa-Ibom and Kano states. It said this was due to disruptions, irregularities and abduction of election officials. The commission disclosed this in a statement by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman,…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, on Sunday, January 14, presented cheques worth about N75 million to the Annunciation Specialist Hospital for the commencement of its College of Nursing Sciences in Enugu. Obi, who was in the hospital on Sunday, said he mobilized $50,000 (about N60 million) from one of his…
