LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Chancellor of Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof Anthony Akinwale, has described PDP’s Former Vice Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, as a lover of good society saying that he shows interest in the critical areas required to build a good society which, according to him, are education, health and poverty…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of embattled Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest his arrest and detention by Beninise authorities. The Nation reports Igboho, who was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, is still being held by Beninise authorities….
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a village head and his wife in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. DAILY POST gathered that the duo were kidnapped Tuesday night. Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen stormed Araromi village in Bakatari area of Ibadan and took Baale of Araromi village, Chief Tafa…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions is set for a collision course with the Colonel Hameed Ali (retd)-led Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) over the stance of the revenue-generating agency to rebuff the committee resolution asking it to return bags of rice seized from the Oja Oba market in Oyo…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has told the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges to focus on lawmaking and not usurp the powers of other arms of government by interpreting the laws of the land. This is coming on the heels of a two-week ultimatum given to the NCS by the Senate…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges on Tuesday decried the invasion of the popular Oja Oba and Bodija markets in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital by officers of the Nigeria Customs Services. Men of the revenue-generating agencies had last week invaded the Oja Oba market and carted away eight truckloads of…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, identified as Ahmed Saka, has killed his ex-lover, Mutiat Oladele and her two children by setting her room ablaze. The incident happened on Wednesday night at Shogoye, Idi-Arere area of Ibadan, Oyo State. It was gathered that Mutiat and Saka, had been lovers before the woman broke up the relationship….
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The strike action embarked upon by the cattle and foodstuff dealers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has driven up prices of beef, food and vegetables in the South. AUFCDN, an affiliate of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), commenced a nationwide strike on…