http://ift.tt/2w20ltK LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A youth corper and five other people had been trapped in a collapsed building opposite Nigerian Police station Egbu road, Owerri in Imo state has just collapsed. According to Facebook user, Uwakwe Martins, about 6 persons were reportedly trapped inside, including a serving corp member. One person has been rescued. The…

http://ift.tt/2uBqHiy LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWRANGERS)-Hundreds of protesters have occupied a Nigerian oil facility owned by Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, demanding that a local company take over its operations, a community leader said Saturday. “We want Shell to hand over the operations of the flow station to Belema Oil Company because it appreciates our challenges and…

http://ift.tt/2vxyS0S Buhari: I am ready to go back to Nigeria LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWRANGERS)-Buhari’s extended absence for an undisclosed ailment, his second this year, left many in Nigeria questioning whether he was well enough to run the country. The president has spent more time since the beginning of 2017 in Britain than in Nigeria. That…

http://ift.tt/2vv7ikT LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria’s military raided a United Nations compound in the northeast of the country on Friday and said it was searching for members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The raid in Maiduguri, a city at the epicentre of Boko Haram’s insurgency, could damage an already tense relationship between the…