http://ift.tt/2uBqHiy LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWRANGERS)-Hundreds of protesters have occupied a Nigerian oil facility owned by Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, demanding that a local company take over its operations, a community leader said Saturday. “We want Shell to hand over the operations of the flow station to Belema Oil Company because it appreciates our challenges and…
http://ift.tt/2vxyS0S Buhari: I am ready to go back to Nigeria LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWRANGERS)-Buhari’s extended absence for an undisclosed ailment, his second this year, left many in Nigeria questioning whether he was well enough to run the country. The president has spent more time since the beginning of 2017 in Britain than in Nigeria. That…
http://ift.tt/2vv7ikT LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria’s military raided a United Nations compound in the northeast of the country on Friday and said it was searching for members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The raid in Maiduguri, a city at the epicentre of Boko Haram’s insurgency, could damage an already tense relationship between the…
http://ift.tt/2wAJsEh LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have died in a midnight fire at a Lagos hotel. The victims died of burns days after they were trapped in the hotel room where they were guests. Roli Odugwu, a 200-Level Mass Communication student and Linda Elegeonye, a 300-level Law student were…
http://ift.tt/2wBgvIf Rotimi Amaechi LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has directed that the station managers, porters, and ticket officials at Idu and Rigasa rail stations be removed for alleged ticket racketeering at the stations. Amaechi gave the directive while inspecting the Abuja-Kaduna rail stations on Friday in Abuja. According to the…
http://ift.tt/2uuyrqG Chief James Ibori LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has been included as a member of the national convention planning committee for Saturday’s special convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He was listed as No 41 in the main organizing committee of the PDP. Saturday’s non-elective national convention…
http://ift.tt/2vLlMQ7 Bunmi Blair in Arsenal coaching clinic Abuja LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria National ?U-15/U-13 media officer Bunmi Blair says he has applied for the vacant Nigeria National U-17 team job which was recently advertised by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. The journalist-cum-football ?coach who is currently with Nigeria National League, NNL team, FC Abuja,…
http://ift.tt/2vKiegS Mr. Mailafia Yakubu, Head of Operations, Benin Zonal Office of the EFCC, presenting Governor Godwin Obaseki some publications of the EFCC during a courtesy visit to the governor on August 10, 2017. LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is seeking the collaboration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…