LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixteen Nigerian states have agreed to the establishment of cattle colonies proposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh as a solution to the incessant herdsmen crisis. It was gathered that some 16 states, all in the North, have volunteered land for the establishment of cattle colonies in…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated a mobile police unit, the Squadron 63 Mobile Police Base Igbogbo Baiyeku, Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The Squadron 63 Police Mobile Force (PMF), headed by a superintendent of police, was equiped with anti-riot policemen to curb killings in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja-based media firm, Image Merchants Promotion Limited, and its promoter, Mallam Yushau Shuaib, have slammed a N200 million suit against Access Bank Plc over an alleged unlawful freezing of their four different accounts with the bank in the past two years. The bank was dragged before a High Court of the Federal…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Umar Gali Na’Abba, has said President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the physical and intellectual capacity to govern Nigeria. Na’Abba said this when one of our correspondents contacted him to confirm comments attributed to him concerning calls on the President to seek a second term. He…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nineteen political parties are reportedly discussing a merger deal ahead of the 2019 general elections. This was disclosed by the national chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Dr. Onwubuya Breakforth. According to Breakforth, the parties are discussing a merger deal to form a ‘third force’ ahead of the 2019 general…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Fuel queues resurfaced weekend in major cities of Lagos, Abuja, Nasarawa and other parts of the country despite repeated assurances by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to wet the country with enough petroleum product this new year. Already, most service stations owned my Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) monitored b were…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The farm of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, in Ilado, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, was on Sunday evening invaded by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The herdsmen reportedly invaded the farm around 5:30 pm and set it on fire. They were said to…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government says from next week, work will commence on establishing cattle colonies across the country. Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and rural development, who disclosed this when he visited the agriculture and veterinary complex of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, made it clear that states which are not interested in…