LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons died when a truck loaded with boards and plywood tilted on the Ojuelegba Bridge, Surulere, Lagos State late on Tuesday evening. Two other persons were also injured, according to an update provided by the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Adesina Tiamiyu. The accident occurred at 8pm. Similar accidents…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that it has printed 40 million ballot papers to be used in the first phase of the referendum by Biafrans to determine their readiness to opt out of Nigeria. It said the result of the exercise would guide IPOB on its future operations in…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government is to set up 94 ranches in 10 states prone to herdsmen/farmers clashes. Also, the National Economic Council (NEC) chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has approved a 10-year National Livestock Plan which will cost about N179 billion. All 36 state governors are members of the NEC. These disclosures…
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….