LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad’s military has been accused of killing “scores” of fishermen in Nigeria while targeting jihadists, days after 40 died in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Chad, fishermen and anti-jihadist militia told AFP on Thursday. The Chadian army launched an airstrike pummelling Tilma island in Kukawa district on the […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than A200 soldiers are reported to have been held hostage by armed supporters of Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales, the foreign ministry has said. On Friday, Bolivia’s military reported that the armed group had taken control of a military facility near the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. In an update Bolivia’s […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Party Presidential Candidate in 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has appealed to political leaders, at all levels, to concentrate on maintaining, rehabilitating, and reconstructing existing roads and other infrastructure rather than embarking on new projects that will never be completed. Obi made the appeal on the heels of his sad experience […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. Four of them collapsed in court due to exhaustion before they could enter a plea. A total of 76 protesters were charged with 10 felony counts, […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the US with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike against Israel after its October 26 attack on the Islamic Republic that targeted military bases and […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has stepped into the case of the #EndBadGovernance protesters who were arraigned earlier on Friday at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The protesters, arrested during the August 1-10 demonstration, were granted N10 million bail each with two sureties in like sum by Justice Obiora Egwuatu. However, during their […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell companies in Nigeria teamed up with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and other stakeholders to build Information Communication Technology (ICT) centres and a digital library in Nigerian universities this year in their continuing support for education. Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) and NNPC in collaboration with the […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights Group, Amnesty International, has asked the Federal Government to release the minors who were arrested over the #EndBadGovernance protest in August. Daily Trust reports that protesters trooped out to the streets across Nigeria between August 1 and August 10, 2024, over the nationwide hardship. However, some of the protesters were […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists killed 13 vigilantes in Mariga local government area of Niger State when they tried to invade the community on Thursday morning. The terrorists also abducted commuters from five vehicles when they blocked the Minna-Kontagora road on Thursday afternoon. The number of people abducted is still unknown. The Nation learnt that since […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has condemned the “inhumane treatment” of protesters, including minors, brought to the court. Obi said that the constitution in a democratic dispensation allows the people to protest against bad governance that is affecting their livelihood. The Labour Party leader […]
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