LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died at 84, the presidency said on Friday, more than two years after he stepped down under pressure from mass protests and the army. Bouteflika, a veteran of Algeria’s war for independence, had ruled the North African country for two decades before his resignation in April…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Major CL Datong, who was abducted when bandits broke into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna, last month, has regained freedom. Two senior officers were gunned down in the incident which happened on August 24, 2021 On Friday night, Deputy Director Army Public Relations 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Colonel Ezindu Idimah,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Attorney-General of the Federation told the News Agency of Nigeria that efforts were being made to appeal against the judgment awarded in favour of Sunday Igboho. The federal government has said it will appeal the judgment of the Oyo State High Court which awarded N20 billion in damages in favour of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed Abubakar Abdullahi, the chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack happened in the early hours of Friday, the the Director of Media and Publicity of MACBN in Kaduna State, Ibrahim Bayero-Zango, confirmed the incident to our correspondent,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Oyo State High court has ordered the Federal Government to pay Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, the sum of N20 billion. Justice Ladiran Akintola awarded the sum on Friday while delivering judgement in a N500 billion suit, filed against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the…
Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has described Femi Fani-Kayode as the ‘Judas of Oduduwa’ Following his defection from the opposition party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC) In a Facebook post on Thursday, Gumi wrote: “I have for long, neglected the rantings of the Judas of Oduduwa attacking me knowing fully well that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A standard gauge rail being planned from Kano State in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic is one of the projects the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), plans to fund with the fresh external loans he is asking the National Assembly to approve for his regime, The PUNCH has learnt. Buhari…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Shehu Sani who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district in the 8th Assembly from 2015-2019, has eventually joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Senator Sani who was Senator on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015 could not return to the Senate in 2019 when he had unresolved issues…
