LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Zacch Adedeji, has dismissed online reports linking the NRS to an imaginary fraud related to the Frontier Exploration Fund, calling it sponsored fake news. The report had alleged the transfer of $279 million from the Fund’s account to some unnamed accounts and…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s 2026 Appropriation Act is decidedly a can of worms. This chilling reality seized national consciousness with the discovery in July of ₦1.3 billion allocated to a fake agency – the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council. A media report that ₦780 million was expended on musical equipment for churches in the Bende…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that three suspected kidnappers who abducted five students of the Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State were neutralised in a gun duel with security operatives. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, confirmed this in a statement highlighting the police operational success across the…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The G100, a coalition of concerned Nigerians, says it has concluded a first round of consultations with leaders of six opposition political parties, including Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress ADC; Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the Nigeria Democratic Congress NDC; Seyi Makinde’s Allied Peoples Movement APM and others, as…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For weeks running, cases of jungle justice have escalated in Nigeria, with some citizens taking the law into their own hands to punish individuals suspected of committing crimes. A number of Nigerians have suffered severe physical and emotional trauma, as suspects are subjected to torture, dehumanization, public humiliation and, in some cases,…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sachet alcohol sellers in Ibadan, Oyo State, have staged a peaceful protest, calling on the Federal Government to lift the ban on the sale of sachet alcohol and alcoholic products packaged below 20cl. The traders gathered in the Beere area of Ibadan, where they expressed concern over the impact of the policy…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For how long shall the rest of the country look on while Fulani ethnic militia trouble the peace of Nigeria? Why are Fulaniterror groups spreading fear,causing pains and inflicting psychological trauma on Nigerians through deliberate, calculated and organised acts of kidnapping, torture, rape and killings? What exactly…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany deported at least 137 Nigerian citizens in five documented chartered operations between February and June 2026, according to reports sighted by The PUNCH. The documented arrivals comprised 27 Nigerians deported in February, 37 deported directly by Germany as part of a 50-person joint European Union operation in March, and 24, 23…
