LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Hadin Kai, 7 division garrison, have arrested 15 members of a suspected criminal group operating within Maiduguri, Borno capital. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reported that the group was busted by the troops after residents of the Gwange, Umarari and Jajeri areas of…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has alerted Nigerians on the outbreak of Anthrax in some neighbouring countries within the West African sub-region. Following the development, the ministry strongly advised Nigerians to desist from the consumption of hides (ponmo), smoked meat and bush meat as they pose serious risk until…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has said he regretted the current state of the nation’s democracy, saying it tells a different story from the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Obi in a congratulatory message to mark this year’s democracy day celebration, said the nation’s destiny is…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lifeless body of a female Nigerian Air Force personnel identified simply as George was found dangling from the roof of her apartment at the Sam Ethan Air Force Base, Nigerian Air Force Logistics Command in Lagos. However, details of the circumstances surrounding the incident were still sketchy as at 9.25 pm,…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security around the United States Embassy in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, has been beefed up following the shooting of an official of the embassy, last Thursday. Also, other embassies and foreign missions have upped their security level, while urging their citizens and officials to take their security more seriously. The staff, whose identity…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Zone 2 Command Onikan, Lagos, have arrested an alleged fake woman customs officer, Rakiya Musa for allegedly swindling unsuspecting members of the public. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. Idris-Adamu said that the Assistant Inspector General of Police…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A few years ago, I saw a post on the popular social networking site Twitter asking Nigerians what the “Nigerian Dream” means to them. Curious, I checked the comments to see what Nigerians consider the Nigerian Dream. Most respondents said the Nigerian Dream is to get an international passport and Japa (a…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued President Bola Tinubu, over “the failure to probe the allegations that USD$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues and budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019.” SERAP filed a lawsuit against Tinubu at the…