Archive for: January, 2018

Schools Set Ablaze As Secessionists Unrest Grow In Cameroon

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unrest in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions intensified with arson attacks on schools and a city market as the government vowed to quash a secessionist movement whose leaders are in detention in Nigeria, saying it won’t negotiate with terrorists. At least three schools were torched this week in the Northwest region, one of two […]

Super Eagles Striker Brown Ideye, Dumps Chinese Club For Malaga

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian striker Brown Ideye is now on the verge of completing a mega move to Spanish club Malaga after leaving Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda. According to the report by Telegraph, the former Ocean Boys forward will be joining Spanish club Malaga on a six months loan which will expire at […]

Senator To Govs: Cattle Colonies Solution To Herdsmen Crisis

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRAMGERS)-Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has called on state governments to consider the proposed establishment of cattle colonies as a solution to the lingering herdsmen-farmers conflicts. Adamu stated this yesterday in Abuja during a press conference in reaction to the recent killings in Benue State. He said states […]

SGF Blocks Minister From Distributing Buhari’s Campaign Caps At FEC Meeting

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Wednesday stopped the Minister for Communications, Adebayo Shittu, from distributing President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election campaign caps at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Shittu, who wore the cap himself, brought along a bag containing the caps which had the inscription […]

Obasanjo: Presidency Launches Weekly TV, Radio Programme To Promote Buhari’s Achievements

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move which can be likened to a response to the declaration by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Muhammadu Buhari had performed below expectation, the Presidency has launched a weekly television and radio programme. The programme is designed to exhibit the policies and programmes of the Buhari administration. The Deputy […]

Buhari Reacts To Obasanjo’s Attack, Highlights Achievements

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday thanked former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the scathing criticism of his administration, saying he had no reason to believe that there was any ulterior motive. The President also said his administration would “not go into a state of funk for whatever reason.” He said he believed that […]

Grass Cutting: EFCC Detains Former SGF, Babachir Lawal

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), on Wednesday was arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over fraud allegations relating to grass cutting contracts. Lawal is being detained in the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC where he will face investigators over his role in the […]

Unknown Gunmen Kill Family Of Nine, Abduct Seven Children In Adamawa

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than nine persons have been killed by gunmen following an attack in a suburb of Iware community along Fufore/Jada road in Adamawa State. Residents said the gunmen also abducted seven children during the attack which lasted for hours. A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said, “Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers […]

Indonesian Soldiers Show Off Survival Skill, Eat Snakes In Front Of U.S.Defence Secretary

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesian Special Forces soldiers showed off their survival skills on Wednesday by eating snakes and drinking their blood in front of U.S. Defence Secretary James Mattis. Mattis was visiting the Indonesian armed forces headquarters in Jakarta on the last of his three-day visit to the country before departing for Vietnam. As part […]

Police Recovers N200m Hard Drugs In Lagos Suburb

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi on Wednesday said that over N200m worth of drugs were recovered at Akala area of Mushin through community partnership. The CP who disclosed this during a town hall meeting hosted by the Area J Police Command, Aka said that every community has its challenges […]

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