LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has opposed reported moves by the Federal Government directing the Nigerian Army and Police to recruit some former members of Boko Haram terrorists who recently underwent deradicalisation programme. The President of CAN, Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, said on Tuesday that if it is true, it is…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty Nine- Years- old All Progressive Congress(APC) Presidential candidate, Barr. Christmas Akpodiete has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to step down for him in the coming 2019 presidential election. Akpodiete who officially declared his intention to contest the 2019 Presidential election under the platform of APC made this known yesterday while addressing…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from the multiple suicide bomb attacks by suspected Islamist Boko Haram militants on the town of Damboa in Borno State Saturday night has increased to 43. The attack was targeted at people returning from celebrating the Eid-el-Fitr holiday. It would be recalled that 32 people were killed, leaving 84…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has affirmed that nobody can intimidate him, stressing that that the God that removed military dictator, General Sani Abacha from powe will also remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office. He said this yesterday at a town hall meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where the Coalition for…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 47-year-old Nigerian-Canadian man, Olajide Ogunye, is reportedly suing the Canadian government following his arrest and detention by border agents, despite providing proof of his citizenship. According to The Guardian, Ogunye is suing the Canadian government to the tune of $10m in compensation, after he was held in detention for eight months….
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders of Islamic State (IS) are sneaking battle-hardened extremists from Syria into Nigeria, UK Sun reported Monday, saying some of the fighters are reportedly sent to the Middle East for training in a “chilling exchange programme”. Muslim fundamentalists massed in the Boko Haram sect had held Nigeria by the jugular since 2009,…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President and leading PDP Presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met at the Akure airport on Monday. Atiku, who was on his way to Ekiti State on a working visit ran into Bola Tinubu, who was with some…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) frontline presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday visited Ekiti State for a strategic review meeting with Governor Ayodele Fayose where he also rallied support for Prof. Kolapo Olusola, the PDP governorship candidate in the State in the July 14 Governorship election. A statement from…