Archive for: February, 2018

Catholic Bishops To Buhari: Nigeria Is Under Captivity

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Catholic Bishops of Nigeria Thursday in Abuja told President Muhammadu Buhari that the country appeared to be under siege which required proactive measure, as hunger, hopelessness and deprivation have been the order of the day. The Bishops under the umbrella of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, also told the President that […]

Buhari: Cattle Grazing Plan Is Not ‘Colonization’

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s president on Thursday denied that government proposals to share out land to end a wave of violence over grazing rights amounted to “colonization” of fertile areas by his own ethnic group. Clashes between semi-nomadic herders, mostly of the Fulani ethnic group, and settled farmers in central states have killed around 100 […]

Bayelsa Govt. To Mark 6th Anniversary With Achievements Parade

LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said it would showcase to the world some of the achievements of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson in the last six years. The laudable achievements,it said, had placed the state on higher pedestal of development. Consequently, the government has concluded plans to roll out the drums as […]

Police Debunks Fulani Herdsmen’s Reported Invasion Of Lagos- Ibadan Express Road

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police has denied reports that suspected Fulani herdsmen were killing innocent Nigerians along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. A viral audio which circulated on social media had stated that Fulani herdsmen allegedly killed many people. However, in a statement by Police Zonal PRO, Dolapo Badmus, the command described the report as false […]

Buhari: Few Hours After Honouring Police Invitation, DSS Invites IBB’s Spokesman

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has invited Kassim Afegbua for a chat with its Director-General, Mr Lawal Musa Daura. The meeting will hold on Thursday, February 8. This invitation came few hours after Afegbua honoured police invitation at Force Headquarters. He was subsequently cleared of any wrong doing. Afegbua’s attorney, […]

One Dead, Scores Injured as APC, APGA Loyalists Clash In Bayelsa

By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A violent clash between two factions of youths of Okpoama community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa loyal to All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA) has left one dead and many injured. It was gathered that the deceased Iruo Ayebatonyo (Jnr.) who met his […]

Woman In Police Net For Selling Her Baby For N400,000

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lady, Eno Archibong has been arrested by Akwa-Ibom state police for allegedly selling her baby for N400, 000. She was reported to have conspired with one Emmanuel Akpabio Okon and Emem Asuquo Okon to sell the one-month old child to one Kate of Aba, Abia State, at the cost of N […]

I’m Tired Of Calamity, Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Cries Out

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7T (NEWSRANGERS)-The Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said in a new video that he is tired of the calamity befalling his group. “I am tired of this calamity; it is better I die and go to rest in paradise”, he said at the end of the 10-minute video. According to Premiumtimes, in […]

Killer Wife To Die By Hanging In Bayelsa State

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Nayai Aganaba, Bayels State High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to death by hanging of 30-year-old Victoria Gagariga for the killing of her husband, Henry Gagariga, on February 4, 2015 at the residence along Ebisam Road in Akenfa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The deceased, a lawyer, and Victoria, a staff of the Bayelsa […]

Northern Leaders Hit Back at Oyegun’s Critics, Okay the APC Chair for 2nd Term

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-Northern leaders on Wednesday raised their voice in protest against critics of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. The leaders said they were “shocked” by the reported comments of some individuals on the leadership of Nigeria’s ruling political party, At a strategic planning meeting in Yola, the leaders […]

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