LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After months of anticipation and consultations, President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and other aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) might defect from the party on Thursday. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the party,…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President has the alarm over alleged Inspector General of Police (IGP) plan to detain in order to abort his mass defection of National Assembly members. Saraki who made the allegation in his twitter handle as a result of his invitation by the IGP over the deadly robbery attack on six banks…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)The inspector-general of police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, says Boko Haram insurgents are set to release Leah Sharibu, an abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, TheCable reports. Sharibu is the only girl in captivity out of the 110 students abducted on February 19. She was held back because of her refusal to convert from Christianity to…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has unmasked the Policeman ‘ MCON’, Sergeant Marcel Nnabugwu who was accused in the social media by a masked woman as living above his means as Inspector Christopher Nnabugwu. A video clip of a policeman in Sergeant uniform went viral in the social media in which a…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The two chambers of the National Assembly are currently holding a joint session. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara announced that members of the House of Representatives and Senate will be having the joint executive session. Members of the Senate have since moved into the Green chamber for the joint…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rising from its closed door session, President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said the lawmakers revolved to declare the IG persona non grata, stressing that he is not fit to hold any public office in Nigeria or any other country. Saraki recalled that a court, which the Police boss approached over his…
LAGOS MAY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, is expected to appear before the Senate on Wednesday (today). He will be grilled by the lawmakers on the arrest, detention and hospitalisation of Senator Dino Melaye. The appearance will be broadcast live on Nigerian Television Authority. The upper chamber of the National Assembly had last Wednesday…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Wednesday stopped plenary to visit Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) at National Hospital, Abuja, to ascertain his health condition. This followed a point of order by Sen. Sam Anyanwu (PDP-Imo) at plenary. Melaye, who sustained injury during his arrest by security operatives on Tuesday, was earlier taken to Zankli Hospital,…
