LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party were on Friday night handed over the list of delegates that would take part in the presidential primary scheduled for Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Saturday (today). However, one of our correspondents gathered that some of the aspirants were apprehensive that the…
By Amos Odeh from Yenogoa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Concerned stakeholders in the Niger Delta have called for sanctions against environmental offenders in Nigeria, saying that such offenders are becoming bolder by the day because they do not face the consequences of their actions, especially in the region that had suffered adverse effects of oil spills…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected the Port Harcourt venue of the party’s national convention slated for October 6. The presidential candidate of the party is expected to emerge at the convention. The aspirants have suggested alternative venues for the all-important exercise. The aspirants are reportedly uncomfortable with…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A petrol tanker fire in the early hours of Thursday has destroyed property worth millions along G.U-Ake road, Eliozu, Obio/Akpor Local government Area of the state. Part of the property destroyed includes a church, a hotel and four shops and a flower garden. Our correspondent gathered that the tanker which was trying…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers of the commercial bus which was hijacked last week by suspected kidnappers have been rescued. A senior police officer from the anti-cultism unit of the Rivers State Police Command who led the operation in collaboration with operatives of IGP Monitoring Unit in the state said all occupants of the diverted vehicle…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge of Akwa Ibom State High Court, Justice Okon Okon, escaped death today as kidnappers from Rivers State attacked him in the Court premises in Uyo, threatening to kill him for sentencing them to death. Immediately after the Presiding Judge pronounced the death sentence, the condemned criminals rained abuses on him…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has faulted Rivers State APC leader and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for describing those protesting against the conduct of the party ward congress as thugs. Abe, who is the…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother of two identified as Sokari West was allegedly stabbed to death yesterday by her husband during a fight in their house in Buguma, Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State over the purported refusal of the wife to prepare a meal for her husband. According to Daily Sun, the 33-year-old…