http://ift.tt/2z6SN8m LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria plans to establish a $1 billion crop-processing park with Turkish investors in the country’s north as part of efforts to improve value and boost agricultural exports, according to the country’s investment-promotion agency. The Badeggi Crop Processing Zone in Niger state is expected to start in June next year, with an…
http://ift.tt/2h399u7 LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 200 ex-militants from the Niger Delta region have protested at the National Assembly over the alleged failure of the government to pay their allowances. The former militants called on the federal lawmakers to prevail on the special adviser to the president on Niger Delta and coordinator of the…
http://ift.tt/2lEc3XR Bola Tinubu LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Jide Tinubu, One of the sons of a former Governor of Lagos State and National leader of the All Progressives Congress APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mr Jide Tinubu is dead. The News which filtered in minutes ago was confirmed on the twitter handle of the APC United Kingdom….
http://ift.tt/2ilkjr4 LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by three Nigerians to smuggle about six kilograms prohibited drugs out of the country has been foiled by Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Special Area Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. A statement made available to NewsRangers signed by Jonah Achema, ACN , NDLEA Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs…
http://ift.tt/2A7pu62 LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Posters alleging that a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, is set for the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have surfaced in Abuja. The posters were largely seen along the ever busy Airport Road. They bore the inscription: “Vote Orji Kalu for…
http://ift.tt/2z4Bwz3 LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A pot dealer was accidentally killed by his own bodyguard, who opened fire during a botched drug deal in Washington Heights, police said. The friendly fire happened as victim Jose Nunez, 43, and a buddy, Alex Siraj, 31, were meeting two prospective customers at a parking garage on Wadsworth Ave. near…
http://ift.tt/2z6dulb LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps Celebrity Marshals Unit has released a list of top media and entertainment personalities to be inducted as new members in 2017. This was contained in a press release by the Coordinator of the Unit, Chris Kehinde Nwandu, in Abuja. Some of the new celebrity marshals include…
http://ift.tt/2iS9G2P Dasuki LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki has appeared in the trial of former PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh before a Federal High Court in Abuja. However, Dasuki’s counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN) has opposed his testifying today due to loss of memory following his two years of incarceration. He said the…