LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWRANGERS)-More than 300 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) protested in Maiduguri on Friday over the replacement of their names as ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday. They protested in front of the Old Maiduguri Police…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has dismissed as untrue a rumour that he has fled the country in order not to participate in casting his vote during Tomorrow’s general elections. Obasanjo, who was reacting to a social media story, written by one Gbenga Lawal on his Facebook page, at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than sixty-six (66) people have been confirmed killed by gunmen in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state, less than twenty four hours to the conduct of the presidential elections parliamentary elections, the Kaduna state government has disclosed. In a statement issued by the spokesman to the governor of Kaduna…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Federal Government has ordered all land borders in the country to be shut with effect from 12.00noon Friday to 12.00noon Saturday. Minister of Interior Lt.-Gen. Abdrahman Dambazau (retd), who gave the order, said there would be restriction of movements across the borders during the election days. A statement issued by the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has asked the Igbo to come out in their numbers and vote during Saturday’s presidential election. In an audio message on Thursday, Kanu also called off the election boycott in the south-east region of the country. It would recall that Kanu…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that nobody will unseat him. He said contrary to opinions in some quarters, he had the strength to lead the country for four more years. Buhari stated this in an interview aired on Friday on the verified Instagram page of CNN Africa while responding to doubts about…
LAGOS FBUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the February 16 Presidential and National Assembly election approaches its last hours count the Spokesman (Fiyewei) of the Great Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, Chief Godspower Gbenekama TDA (JP) has again in strong terms urged the federal government and politicians not to create panic or cause…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some hoodlums have allegedly set on fire, a police station in Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The hoodlums also set free some prisoners after beating up some police officers, reports have claimed. Photos from the scene show that the police building was almost, totally burnt while at least…