LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A clash between security operatives and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’a Muslims over the demand for the release of the detained leader of the group, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has left scores dead and many wounded. The clash followed a ban issued last Friday by the FCT…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons were burnt to death on Sunday in Abuochichie junction in Bekwarra LGA of Cross River State for allegedly stealing motorcycles and robbing people in the area. DAILY POST investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly specialized in stealing motorcycles, terrorizing and robbing the people in the area and its environs. An…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former military governor of Plateau State during the regime of former military President Ibrahim Babangida, retired Major-General Aliyu Adu Umar Kama, has called on those warming up to contest against President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 to bury their ambition. Apparently referring his kinsman and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, former Jigawa…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Elder statesman and Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed has described the president Muhammadu Buhari-led government as a complete disaster. Mohammed said the Buhari government had thrown Nigeria into turmoil, thereby making the nation ungovernable. He made these observations in an interview with Vanguard. According to him, “The country is in turmoil. The…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Brig-Gen Paul Boroh (rtd), former Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, has alleged that his sack was influenced by corrupt APC elements in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Boroh, notable officials in the government wanted him to share “the spoils of…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress on Sunday announced the constitution of its National Convention Committee with Jigawa Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru, as Chairman. According to APC’s Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso, in the party’s news social media handle, the 68-member committee has Governors of Imo, Borno, Katsina, Oyo, Yobe, Kaduna, Plateau, Adamawa, Kogi…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has distanced itself from a purported cut-off mark being circulated in some sections of the media, saying it did not emanate from the board. The board’s Head of Media and Information Department, Dr Fabian Benjamin said no such cut-off mark, whether for programmes or institutions…
LAGOS APRL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump will welcome the leader of Nigeria to the White House later this month. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement that Trump will welcome President Muhammadu Buhari on April 30. Sanders says the two will discuss economic reforms, fighting terrorism and ways to grow Nigeria’s “role as…