LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The people of Agulu, Anambra State, have expressed happiness over the emergence of their son, Mr. Peter Obi, as “The Governor of the Decade” in Nigeria. Obi, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 presidential election, was conferred with…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, was on Monday, January 20, 2020, honoured with the “Governor of the Decade” Award during the THISDAY Silver Jubilee celebration at Eko Hotel, Lagos. Photo shows Obi (middle); assisted by his wife, Margaret Peter-Obi, receiving the award from elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo.
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos socio critic and human rights activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Emokinovo Omirhobo on Friday filed a suit before a Federal High Court in Lagos, challenging the declaration as illegal, of opeartion of Amotekun in the western states of Nigeria. In his suit, the plaintiff joined the following defendants; The President of Nigeria,…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of programmes marking its 30th anniversary, Home Science Association Secondary School, Ajegunle-Alakuko, Lagos will be ringing the bell at the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos. According to Investopedia, the ringing of the opening bell refers to the moment a securities exchange opens for its normal daily trading session. For HSASS,…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, was on Friday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Wigwe was picked up at the Bank’s head office in Victoria Island, Lagos State. Sources said he spent the night at the Lagos State office of the EFCC. Although details…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected military man is said to be on the run after he allegedly slit the throat of a man in the Itire area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the fleeing suspect perpetrated the crime during an argument with the deceased on Wednesday. Efforts to rescue the victim, who was…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and erudite developmental economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, will headline the conference on the 50th anniversary of the Biafra-Nigeria War, News Express can report this morning. Themed “Never Again”, the conference is scheduled to hold on Monday, January 13, 2020, at Agip Recital Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. It being…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint border drill has confiscated more than 4800 bales of second hand clothings valued at three billion naira from Yaba market in Lagos. The Customs Coordinator, Western Zone, Assistant Comptroller General, Bukar Amajan, explained that the seizure was made possible through intelligence report. More than 4800 bales of second hand clothings…