http://ift.tt/2vaFBNH LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Vice-President of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, South-South Zone, Mr. Eddie Bekon, his wife and child on Sunday died at the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Ebonyi State, following severe burns sustained from gas explosion. Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, the chairman of SWAN, Mr. Chukwuemeka…
http://ift.tt/2vaFGkl LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The result of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate Examination has been released on Monday, July 17. The information was released via the official twitter page of the exam body. According to the report, 1,567,016 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 1,559,162 candidates sat the examination….
http://ift.tt/2tj0N6T LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mob on Monday attacked officials of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), who were on rescue mission at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at Londonciki-Simari area of Maiduguri, where a female suicide bomber attacked…
http://ift.tt/2vu0y5B LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has abandoned his desire to seek reelection in 2018. Instead, he has launched his presidential campaign on Facebook. Fayose had initially said he would approach the Supreme Court to determine his eligibility to run again for the office of governor of his state because of…
http://ift.tt/2uvjjrV Omotayo Salawudeen and her co-plotter, Oladapo Dolapo LAGOS JULY 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Osun State Police command have arrested one Mrs Omotayo Salawudeen, 39, for allegedly killing her husband, 43 year old Salawudeen Hakeem, just because he married a second wife. The state commissioner of police, Olafimihan Adeoye, disclosed this while speaking with journalists today on…
http://ift.tt/2uuaTkr Babachir Lawal and Ayo Oke LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State governor and chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governors’ Forum, has written Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, demanding the immediate release of the report of the investigative panel on corruption allegations against David Babachir Lawal, suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),…
http://ift.tt/2t6mfYC LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to urgently institute appropriate legal action to recover over N40 billion alleged double pay to former governors who are now either ministers or senators. It asked Malami to challenge the legality of…
http://ift.tt/2u020yy Lagos State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has announced restriction of vehicular movement in the state on Saturday July 22, 2017 in view of the elections that will hold across the 20 Local Government and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) across the state. According…