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…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President of Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) and Gabon, Peter Costello, has charged contractors working for and with Shell Companies in Nigeria to prioritise safety and be relentless in discussing the challenges and dilemmas, noting that the international oil giant was poised to help improve safety performance throughout the energy industry….
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples right activist, Mr. Christmas Akpodiete, has officially declared his intention to contest the 2019 Presidential election, under the platform of his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC). Akpodiete made this known yesterday while addressing his supporters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Akpodiete commended the National Assembly and President Buhari for the speedy…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Stefanou Pontesilli, says no fewer than 1500 Nigerians are serving jail terms for various offences in Italy. Pontesilli who made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Abuja said the number was huge. He said: “In Italy we have about 1500 Nigerians in jail for various…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Boko Haram terrorists in a flagrant show of defiance have again openly celebrated this Year’s Eid-el-Fitr in Sambisa Forest. The five minute, 17 second video footage seen by a News Agency of Nigeria correspondent in Maiduguri, Borno State, shows the terrorists and their families dressed in festival attires, performing salat after…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed not to meet with aggrieved members of the New Peoples Democratic Party bloc in the All Progressives Congress. This was disclosed to newsmen on Monday in Abuja by a top functionary of the Buhari Administration. The nPDP members had given as condition for their continued stay in…