LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An aircraft belonging to Air Peace on Saturday overshot the runway and slid into the bush at the Port Harcourt international airport in Rivers state. A passenger on board was quoted to have said that the incident occurred around 4pm when the plane was about to land at the airport, despite the…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A couple believed to be kidnappers, escaped being lynched by a mob in Port harcourt, Rivers State after they were apprehended with a stolen baby hidden inside the wife’s bag recently. The couple were apprehended during a stop and search operation by police officers in the state. They are currently in police…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A stray dog on Wednesday killed a child after it attacked a Nursery School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The state police command confirmed this to Channels Television. According to the police, the dog, a dobermann reportedly passed through a gate left open by a security man of a building and scaled…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday removed Dumo Lulu-Briggs as the governorship candidate of Accord in Rivers State. Justice E. A. Obile held that there was no record indicating that the plaintiff, Precious Baridon, relinquished his (Baridon) position as the authentic governorship candidate to Lulu-Briggs. The court also…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police, on Thursday morning, barricaded the entrance to the Rivers State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Port Harcourt following a protest by some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state who threatened that there would be no election unless INEC allows the party to…
LAGOS JANUARY 25T (NEWSRANGERS)-Massive protest rocked the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Friday. Protesters took to the streets with placards, dancing and singing solidarity songs. They are protesting the transfer of power to the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Mene Derek by Nsima Udo Ekere, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate for…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and other passengers had an horrifying experience during a flight from Port-Harcourt, Rivers state capital to Lagos. It was gathered that the flight via Arik airline experienced a two hour turbulence mid-air, leaving the passengers frightened and in panic as they engaged in serious prayers and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five persons have been rushed to Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium clinic due to rush for entry into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention venue, the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the health cases arose from the rush at the entry /exit point of the convention…
