LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The West African bloc ECOWAS rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule, with a commissioner describing the slow timeline as a provocation. The door for diplomacy with Niger’s junta remained open but the bloc is not going to engage in drawn-out talks that lead nowhere,…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police has threaten to prosecute skit maker and comedian, Abdulgafar Abiola, popularly known as “Cute Abiola,” for rubbishing the police institution or grossly violating its provisions with regards to the use of uniforms. Condemning his action in a statement posted in Nigeria Police tweeter, Force Public Relation Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi…
http://ift.tt/2E7O7R2 Four of the arrested Badoo cult members paraded yesterday at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, on Thursday disclosed how three arrested Badoo suspects hypnotised and smashed their victims’ head while asleep. Imohimi said this while presenting the suspects to newsmen in Lagos….
http://ift.tt/2qq2LRM LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has drawn the attention of the Media to the nefarious activities of a group of individuals fronting for some drug syndicates who are sponsoring unfounded allegations of wrong doings to blackmail the leadership of the Agency. A statement made available to NewsRangers signed by Jonah…
http://ift.tt/2qonwxh LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The minister of Petroleum Resources Dr Ibe Kachickwu has again restated the need to address the price differentials in the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the country from its current N145 per litre. He said currently that the landing cost of a litre of PMS is N171 and maintained…
http://ift.tt/2Ctu5jB LAGOS JANURY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has launched “Radio Nigeria Hausa service”. The group made this known in a statement issued on Thursday by Emma Powerful, its spokesman. It said the radio service would act as an unbiased informative platform to take the “message of liberation to the oppressed” indigenous northerners….
http://ift.tt/2CX9FRf Bayelsa State Governor, Seriaki Dickson LAGOS JANUARY 5T (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said there is no cause for alarm, calling on fleeing members of Ndoro community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state to return home as everything is now under control. The assurance is coming in the wake of a meeting…
http://ift.tt/2CUdp5S Mohammed Salah LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Egypt international winger Mohamed Salah has scooped up the prestigious CAF award after heavy competition from Senegalese forward Sadio Mane and Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. This win would mean Salah has won the two biggest personal accolades for African footballers, the BBC Player of the Year and the CAF Player…