http://ift.tt/2sPR2su Dame Patience Jonathan LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Proceedings stalled on Wednesday in in the case of the wife of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, who filed an appeal seeking to stop the forfeiture of her $5.7million and N2,421,953,522.78 to the Federal Government. One of the judges of three-man panel of the Appellate Court said he…
http://ift.tt/2vbWtCP LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, sacked Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The apex court, in an unanimous decision by a five-man panel of Justices, handed leadership of the party to the Senator Ahmed Markafi-led National Working Committee, NWC, of the part. Justice…
http://ift.tt/2tLwvGA LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Activities were yesterday paralysed at the Warri Ports as workers of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) protested against the Ports and Harbour Bill 2015. The workers, who went out under the umbrellas of labour organisations, including the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Shippers…
http://ift.tt/2uPiJ5S LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fulani herdsmen have converted the National Stadium, Abuja, into a fertile land for cattle pasture as weeds overtake the package B section of the $360m facility. Our correspondent, who visited the stadium on Tuesday, saw tall grasses in almost every part of the complex. Fresh and dried cow dung could be…
http://ift.tt/2uP9Rxm LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A series of protest by workers and students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, on Tuesday forced Justice David Oladimeji of an Osun State High Court sitting in Ede to reverse a ruling he gave that an ex-Acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Anthony Elujoba, be remanded…
http://ift.tt/2u6yLuE Ayodele Fayose LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Local government officials in Ekiti State who served between 2008 and 2010 on Tuesday took to the streets to protest alleged refusal of Governor Ayodele Fayose to obey the Supreme Court order that they be paid the allowances covering the remainder of their tenure. The former local government chairmen…
http://ift.tt/2vagl9a Buhari’s Aide Juliet Ibekaku LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressive Congress, APC, Enugu State chapter has suspended the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on justice reform, Mrs. Juliet Ibekaku. The presidential aide was suspended indefinitely alongside 19 others. Chairman of APC in Enugu, Dr. Ben Nwoye announced this via a notice made…
http://ift.tt/2uOUgO8 El-Rufai LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akida group, in Kaduna State, has criticized Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s policies, stating that he has put the party “on a cliff running up to 2019.” The party added that El-Rufai often failed to consult with critical stakeholders on matters relating to members and…
