LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-British Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation following weeks of criticism from her opponents and members of her own Conservative Party and the resignation of two of her top Cabinet picks. Truss said she will remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen. She said a leadership election will…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Inspector General of Police of Nigeria (IGP) Musiliu Smith has resigned as the Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC). PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani confirmed his resignation Ani said Smith’s resignation was on health grounds and President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted it. Ani said: “Yes he resigned on his own on medical grounds…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako, has resigned following the collapse of a seven-storey building at Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru Road, Oniru Estate on Victoria Island. This was announced in a letter signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, on Monday….
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The co-founder of a Satanic movement in South Africa is telling his personal story about choosing to leave Satanism after his heart was overwhelmed with the love of Jesus. Riaan Swiegelaar, a former reverend at the South African Satanic Church (SASC), stepped down from his position in May. He took to Facebook…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of leadership that began with his brother Fidel and the country’s 1959 revolution. The 89-year-old Castro made the announcement in a speech at the opening of the eighth Congress of the ruling party, the only one…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwe’s Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned Monday in the face of sexual misconduct allegations, apologising for tasks he “failed to do well”. Local news outlets have since late last month been awash with audio recordings of phone conversations allegedly of Mohadi soliciting sex from several women, including a subordinate in his office….
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 45 senior officers from the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force have put in their retirement letters from service, following the appointment of their juniors and course mates as service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari, Daily Sun gathered. Most of the officers, who have put in their retirement letters, are said…
By Tokunboh Aremu Odua LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-CSP Francis Osagie Erhabor, the policeman and divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of ‘D’ division Itam in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom state, who is acclaimed to have never taken a bribe since over 30 years in active service, has resigned from the profession. Erhabor, who…