LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s military government has suspended the US-funded broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) for three months, following comments regarding the ongoing militant insurgency in the Sahel region. The suspension, announced on Monday, also includes a temporary ban on local media using international news reports. The junta, which came to power in a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Repentant Boko Haram members who are currently undergoing rehabilitation and reintegration process at Hajj camp along Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway in Borno State on Thursday, occupied the major road in protest of hunger and hardship in the camp Our correspondent gathered from eyewitnesses that the ex-fighters occupied the road at the front of the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Borno State Government on Thursday said it is “aware of the escape of some repentant insurgents” who recently surrendered themselves. The government however debunked that they absconded with government arms, adding that preliminary investigation reveals that’s not true. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof Usman…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRAGERS)-The Defence Headquarters has said a notorious terrorist kingpin in Jigawa State known as Mai Hijabi has been killed in an operation conducted during the week. This, the DHQ said, was part of its effort to destroy the fighting capacities of terror groups across the Northern parts of the country. The Director,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragic accident occurred earlier today along Union Road by Cement Bus Stop, Dopemu, leading to the unfortunate death of a wheelbarrow pusher. The accident was caused by a commercial LT bus with registration number EPE 474 YJ, which lost control due to excessive speeding and collided with a construction crane positioned…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A consortium of investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the maiden edition of a summit organised by the Crude Oil…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos Lawyer and Human Right Activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhoho slammed former Minister of transportation under Mohammed Buhari’s administration, Chibuike Amaechi over his recent statement on Nigerian silent despite the current economic hardship. Recall that Amaechi in a statement published in Punch Newspaper has expressed his disappointment at the way Nigerians are…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tipper truck loaded with sharp sand has crushed three victims to death along the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, road in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, yesterday. According to eyewitness accounts, the truck was descending the sloppy road from the Total Roundabout-UNN Road when the driver allegedly experienced brake…