LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), North East Operation Hadin Kai, have rescued 74 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from a possible abduction by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists along the Buratai–Kamuya road in Borno State. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Sani Uba, the Media Information Officer…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has assured that Lieutenant Ahmad Yerima, the naval officer who engaged in a heated exchange with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will not face any disciplinary action. Matawalle gave the assurance while speaking in an interview with DCL Hausa following…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former military Generals have expressed outrage over Tuesday’s clash between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and a naval officer identified as A. Yerima, over alleged land grabbing. The veterans, in separate interviews with The PUNCH on Wednesday, asserted that such confrontations undermine the chain of command and institutional…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Grammy nominated singer Akon was arrested in Georgia on November 7 after a bench warrant was issued for his failure to appear in court over driving with a suspended license, authorities have confirmed. The Chamblee Police Department arrested the 52 year old artist, whose legal name is Aliaune Thiam, after automated…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has commended the leadership and staff of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited for driving the oil and gas output increase less than a year after the deal that saw the exit of Shell from onshore Nigeria. The $2.4billion deal resulted in…
By Crystal Ugoeze LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian military has thrown its weight behind Lt. Col. A.M. Yerima, the officer who engaged in a heated exchange with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, during a confrontation over a property in Abuja on Tuesday. The property in question reportedly belongs to a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have imposed a ₦20 million levy on farmers in Gatakawa, a community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, before allowing them to harvest their crops. Families in the community are now selling belongings or borrowing money to pay the levies and access their farmlands. According to a source…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic has gripped the Federal Civil Service following the abduction of six Directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence by gunmen along the Kabba-Lokoja highway. This came as no fewer than three Migil youths have been killed by bandits despite the state government’s threat to deal decisively with perpetrators. The abduction of…