LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has charged Nigerians “to work together towards enthroning a new Nigeria that will in turn take care of all the needs of Nigerians, ranging from security through job creation to constant power supply.” Obi spoke on Thursday during the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Force Headquarters has ordered the arrest and prosecution of 190 riot policemen who absconded from the ongoing training at the Special Forces School, Buni-Yadi, Yobe State. The fleeing policemen were part of the 2,000 Police Mobile Officers mobilised for the training preparatory to their deployment for combat against Boko Haram insurgents…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police-Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has arrested two Ghanaians for allegedly robbing a truck driver of his vehicle and goods with acid. The Force spokesman, DCP Jimoh Moshood confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, stressing that the suspects carried out the crime in Edo on Dec. 9,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will flag off the campaign for his second term bid in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom state, on Friday. Ita Enang, senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), made the disclosure on Monday. Enang said the president would be in the state with Adams Oshiomhole,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said his wife Aisha Buhari’s allegation that his government has been hijacked was baseless and described it as “her business.” Buhari insisted there was no cabal running his government and asked his critics to name one decision taken by the cabal. “That’s her business,” Buhari said during an…
LAGOS DECEMBER- (NEWSRANGERS)-The Army have confirmed the killing of thirteen soldiers and a police officer in Yobe State in a Boko Haram attack. According to the military, the insurgents lunched two successive attacks on a military formation and an ambush on the Maiduguri/Damaturu high way at about 6.30 pm. The statement which was signed by…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2019 (NEWSRANGERS)-A Tunisian journalist has died after setting himself on fire, officials said, in a protest over harsh living conditions that prompted overnight clashes with police in the country’s west. Police fired tear gas at dozens of people who took to the streets Monday night in the city of Kasserine, 270 kilometres (165…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26T(NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has extended his benevolence hands to Aisha Haruna, a 13 year-old orphan from Daura, Kastina state, who was involved in an inferno that burnt her beyond recognition. The former vice president has approved immediate payment of all the hospital bills, including…