LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, has again charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, the factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorists group, alive or dead. Buratai gave the charge at Camp Zairo, the former Command and Control Centre of the terrorists group in the Sambisa forest during an operational visit…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan played host to one of his predecessors in office on Sunday and described the event as a unique opportunity. Obasanjo was on a two-day visit to Jonathan’s Otuoke country-home in Bayelsa State. Jonathan said the visit afforded him a unique opportunity to host the former president. Jonathan spoke…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, is to play the role of Chief Guest of Honour at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the multi-purpose Editors’ Plaza, a project of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) scheduled for Thursday, March 1, 2018 in the Guzape District of Abuja….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After about five years’ absence, the Catholic Church has returned to the Christian Association of Nigeria. This was revealed on Sunday by the President of CAN, Dr. Samson Ayokunle. Ayolunle’s Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, said the CAN president was excited about the return of the Catholic Church….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A faction of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Kaduna state has suspended the governor of the state, Nasir el-Rufai, for six months. The governor’s suspension is coming three days after the faction, known as Kaduna Restoration Group, issued him a query and suspended three of his aides. The party faction led…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday worshipped with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan at the St. Stephen Anglican Church, Otuoke Diocese, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The church service, which was carnival like, had in attendance Governor Seriake Dickson; his deputy, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd.); Jonathan’s wife, Patience; a former…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) mock examination for 2018 UTME is set to hold on Monday, February 26,. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s head of media and Information, on Sunday, February 18, in Lagos said a total of 245,753 of the 1,652,795 candidates that registered for this year’s UTME are expected to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 500 Boko Haram suspects have been released by a Nigerian court citing a lack of evidence, with some detainees held for years without charge. The 475 suspects will be returned to their home states for “proper rehabilitation” before being sent back to their families, a justice ministry statement said…
