LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on social media have blasted the Department of State Services (DSS) for threatening to hunt down citizens criticising the frustrations experienced and expressed by citizens under President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. They asked the agency to desist from attempting to infringe on the rights of Nigerians to freely assemble, organise and express…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād have again attacked a military base in Borno state, killing an army commanding officer. SaharaReporters gathered that the bloody encounter also left six other soldiers dead. The terrorists…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have raided some eateries in Jos, the Plateau state capital where freshly baked cakes made with cannabis sativa were recovered in addition to 48.726kilogrammes of assorted psychotropic substances. Some of the drug joints raided include KNL Lounge located along Lamingo road and another branch…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two weeks after veteran Chadian leader Idriss Deby Itno was mortally wounded fighting a rebel force, one of his predecessors, ex-president Goukouni Weddeye, has called for inclusive dialogue to “save Chad”. Goukouni, who ruled the turbulent Sahel country from 1980 to 1982, urged “reconciliation to end our quarrels,” in a process that…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, will separate after 27 years together, the billionaire announced on Monday, ending a marriage that launched an influential globe-spanning philanthropic and humanitarian empire. Via Twitter, Gates — one of the world’s wealthiest men — said that he and his wife remain committed to…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has reacted to a statement from the Presidency that he led three men to President Muhammadu Buhari for contracts. The Presidency had claimed last week following Mbaka’s call for Buhari’s resignation or impeachment over insecurity that the cleric was aggrieved because Buhari…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command following investigations into the foiled bank robbery on the Onueke branch of a commercial bank in Ebonyi State which occurred on Tuesday, 27th April, 2021 the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Ebonyi State Police…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said that its office in Essien Udim Local Government Area has been set ablaze. According to a statement by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday 2nd May 2021 Okoye said in…