http://ift.tt/2vv7ikT LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria’s military raided a United Nations compound in the northeast of the country on Friday and said it was searching for members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The raid in Maiduguri, a city at the epicentre of Boko Haram’s insurgency, could damage an already tense relationship between the…
http://ift.tt/2wAJsEh LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have died in a midnight fire at a Lagos hotel. The victims died of burns days after they were trapped in the hotel room where they were guests. Roli Odugwu, a 200-Level Mass Communication student and Linda Elegeonye, a 300-level Law student were…
http://ift.tt/2wBgvIf Rotimi Amaechi LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has directed that the station managers, porters, and ticket officials at Idu and Rigasa rail stations be removed for alleged ticket racketeering at the stations. Amaechi gave the directive while inspecting the Abuja-Kaduna rail stations on Friday in Abuja. According to the…
http://ift.tt/2uuyrqG Chief James Ibori LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori has been included as a member of the national convention planning committee for Saturday’s special convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He was listed as No 41 in the main organizing committee of the PDP. Saturday’s non-elective national convention…
http://ift.tt/2vLlMQ7 Bunmi Blair in Arsenal coaching clinic Abuja LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria National ?U-15/U-13 media officer Bunmi Blair says he has applied for the vacant Nigeria National U-17 team job which was recently advertised by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. The journalist-cum-football ?coach who is currently with Nigeria National League, NNL team, FC Abuja,…
http://ift.tt/2vKiegS Mr. Mailafia Yakubu, Head of Operations, Benin Zonal Office of the EFCC, presenting Governor Godwin Obaseki some publications of the EFCC during a courtesy visit to the governor on August 10, 2017. LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is seeking the collaboration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
http://ift.tt/2voH1Gf President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 1TH (NEWSRANGERS) – The Presidency has assured that Muhammadu Buhari administration would not muzzle the media. Presidential Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, gave the assurance on Thursday while speaking at the First Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, held at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. Adesina said…
http://ift.tt/2hP0zPo LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, said in Lagos on Thursday that aggressive savings, diversification of the economy towards manufacturing, export of value added and knowledge-based products were key to addressing Nigeria’s economic quagmire. Obi made the remarks in a paper titled: “Sustaining Growth through Diversification of the Economy,’’…