LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 3,600 people have been killed in clashes between farmers and herders in Nigeria since 2016, Amnesty International said on Monday, blaming the government’s failure to punish the perpetrators for fuelling the violence. The international human rights organisation said more than 2,000 were killed in 2018 alone, while the bloodshed had…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo withdrew his support for President Muhammadu Buhari, in the early days of his administration. Speaking with The Sun, Oyinlola claimed it was because Buhari was trying to “northernise” his…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One yet to be identified male adult was said to have died on Saturday in an auto crash imvolving an articulated truck along Mobolaji Bank Anthony way in Ikeja, Lagos. The truck, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), was carrying a 20 feet container. LASEMA General Manager, Adesina Tiamiyu,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the spirit of Yuletide celebration, Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation, a non-governmental organization visited Orem Faith Orphanage, Afiesere, Ughelli North, Delta State donated food item, toiletries, books and clothes among others to the orphanage home. Speaking on behalf of the Foundation, Joy Oboba a volunteer working with Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation disclosed that the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pro-Niger Delta group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Entrepreneurs Forum, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, National Leader of All Progressives Congress APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomohle to urgently reverse the trend of an obvious witch-hunting of Nigerian private indigenous investors in Nigeria by the Economic Finance…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first official visit of the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari to Akwa Ibom State was Friday marred by a security breach caused by Senator Godswill Akpabio’s wife, Mrs Unoma Akpabio. The incident occurred when Mrs Akpabio’s attempted to usurp the responsibility of the wife of the Governor, warranting the protocol…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police have discovered an illegal Pharmaceutical company at number 2, Okunnenye Street, Ikotun Area of Lagos. Four persons including the owner of the illegal Pharmaceutical company have been arrested by Operatives of the Inspector – General of Police Intelligence Response Team(IRT), led by the officer in charge of the unit, DCP…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected assassins have murdered a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Innocent Brown and his wife in the early hours of Thursday, in their home in Umuoke community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed the incident added that he…