http://ift.tt/2gmqy0C LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Liberia’s electoral commission on Sunday, announced that former footballer, George Weah and incumbent Vice-President, Joseph Boakai, will face each other in a runoff vote for the presidency in November. National Elections Commission chairman, Jerome Korkoya, told journalists that 1,550,923 votes had been counted and turnout was at 74.52%. Weah has taken…
http://ift.tt/2yohyMU LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) Leaders Council has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Delta State House of Assembly to commence processes for the immediate impeachment of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over alleged corrupt practices. Addressing reporters over the weekend at Agbor, headquarters of Ika South Local Government Area of…
http://ift.tt/2yl162B LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has denied the allegations of extorting money from suspected billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Force spokesman, Mr Jimoh Moshood, the police also refuted claims that one Amaka Offor, the said girlfriend of the suspect, was sexually…
http://ift.tt/2gjvumY LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abducted Executive Director of Ogba Zoo and Nature Park in Benin, Dr. Andy Mr. Ehanire was released on Saturday night from captivity. A close family source who disclosed this to Channels Television has refused not speak to the media yet. However, another source told Channels Television that a ransom was…
http://ift.tt/2kRBUv9 LAGOS SOCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have been shot dead by gunmen in Okene, Kogi State. The Commandant of the NDLEA in Kogi State, Alhaji Idris Bello, told reporters on Sunday in Lokoja that the three operatives were gunned down while on patrol. He said they were killed…
http://ift.tt/2kSdD7Z LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has disputed the claims that $25 billion worth of oil contracts were awarded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation or that such amount of money was missing from the agency. The position of the Presidency was contained in a statement by Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant to the…
http://ift.tt/2yrmXVC Gani Adams LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, Otunba Gani Adams, has emerged as the new Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland. The information on the development was contained in a letter sent to Adams by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Sunday. Since the death of business…
http://ift.tt/2z9vcmv LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The current suspected monkey pox outbreak in Nigeria, which has now spread to seven states, is the third in the nation’s history. There were a total of three recorded human cases previously in 1971 and 1978 according to the Centres for Disease Control, CDC. The virus was first isolated from colonies…
