http://ift.tt/2zos6z5 Deziani LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday rejected an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to be joined as a defendant in an alleged N450m fraud case in Nigeria. Justice Rilwan Aikawa, while rejecting the application, described it as bizarre and a misuse…
http://ift.tt/2iPKqdv Dasuki LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services has finally produced the detained former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in compliance with an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja, that the ex-NSA should appear as a witness in the ongoing trial of a former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
http://ift.tt/2z4IPo6 LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire yesterday gutted an Access bank Automated Teller Machine (ATM) gallery located at Ikotun a suburb of Lagos state. The fire, which was said to have started around 3:30pm, affected six ATM machines. An eye witness told NewsRangers that the inferno was probably caused by heat that emanated from the battery…
http://ift.tt/2lCHxOc Dr Alex Ekweme LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Second republic Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, has collapsed and is currently at the Intensive Care Unit of Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery, by Penok petrol station in Trans-Ekulu, Enugu State. The PUNCH learnt on Tuesday night that Ekwueme collapsed around 2am last Saturday, at his residence in Independence Layout,…
http://ift.tt/2lB84eR LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has deferred the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari’s candidacy for the 2019 presidential election. The House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara dropped this hint when he briefed journalists on the outcome of the APC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja yesterday. Dogara, who was…
http://ift.tt/2gPTavP L-R: Maria Wiesner, Editor at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Dr. Lutz Mucke, Journalist and Advisor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, after a meeting with Governor Godwin Obaseki, on the need for a global awareness campaign on the return of stolen Benin artefacts, Monday at Government House, Benin City. LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Edo State,…
http://ift.tt/2zUK3BK LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday, October 31, that the administration led by the All Progressives Congress (APC) which he champions has recorded major successes since its emergence in 2015. “The APC is proud of our achievements in the last two years: the fight against Boko Haram, agric revolution, improved power,…
http://ift.tt/2xHD2Dp VicePresident Yemi Osibanjo LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), on Tuesday came hard on elites, including religious leaders across Geo-political zones for their inability to assist in the fight against corruption in Nigeria. He accused the political, business and religious leaders of selfishness, saying they refused to make sacrifices, either in service…