LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Identity Management Commission {NIMC) has expressed its profound gratitude to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for his visionary leadership and decisive action in signing this historic legislation into law. The NIMC in a statement signed by Kayode Adegoke, PhD Head, Corporate Communications National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A newly emerged terrorist group known as “Sai Mallam” has imposed monthly levies of N5 million on at least 10 rural communities in Kebbi State, threatening to seize residents’ farmlands and launch attacks if the demands are not met, SaharaReporters has learnt. Multiple community sources told SaharaReporters on Friday that the…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Security agencies last week arrested seven suspected commanders of Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) as they returned from the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage through the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina State, Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo announced on Friday. Mr Tunji-Ojo disclosed the development at the…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2027 presidential ambition of Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso suffered a fresh setback on Friday after a Federal High Court in Lokoja set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, as a political party. DAILY POST reported that Justice…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several members of a private security outfit linked to Yoruba Nation campaigner Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, were reportedly injured after suspected cross-border bandits allegedly ambushed them during an operation in the Old Oyo National Park in Oyo State. The incident reportedly occurred while operatives of Iru Ekun, a security…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-An Israeli Air Force helicopter carrying President Isaac Herzog made an emergency landing on Thursday after hitting a flock of birds. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said that the chopper was transporting Herzog from a memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem to northern Israel, where he was due to…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), presidential candidate for 2027, Peter Obi, has called for the implementation of the State Police to be delayed until after the critical 2027 general election next year. Obi, while commenting on the recent passing of the state police bill in the Senate via his X handle,…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France manager Didier Deschamps missed his team’s group stage match Friday against Norway at the 2026 World Cup due to the death of his mother. The French Football Federation intended to honor their absent manager’s mother by wearing black armbands during the match, but FIFA declined the request according to The Athletic’s…