LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Ni¬ger¬ian asylum seekers flood into Canada across a ditch in Upstate New York, Canadian authorities are asking the United States for help — but not with managing the influx at the border. Instead, they want U.S. immigration officials to reduce the foot traffic by screening Nigerians more stringently before granting them…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ‘Church of Satan’ has said President Muhammadu Buhari is”ignorant” over the statement he made about the recent Benue church killings. In condemning the attack on St Ignatius Catholic church in Ayar-Mbalom village, Benue State by Fulani herdsmen, Buhari had described the act as ‘satanic.’ The herders murdered two Catholic priests and…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, will embark on a 10-day historical visit to Brazil in June, to strengthen the cultural ties between both countries. The visit will strengthen the cultural affinities between the blacks in Brazil and Yorubas in Nigeria with a view to using cultural heritage to…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Benue State have urged members of the public to disregard the information being circulated that four mosques were set ablaze in Makurdi metropolis by some hoodlums. Also, the police said a similar information being circulated that another church was attacked by bandits at Agana village in Mbaloh Ward of…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has asked a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, who has expressed his desire to join the ruling party in Abuja, to do so at his ward. Sheriff was scheduled to storm the national headquarters of the party in…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cross River governor, Prof Ben Ayade, Thursday, gave reasons why his focus is on the establishment of industries all over the state rather than embarking on other ventures that have less value to the development of the citizenry. Ayade who was speaking at the Cross River Rice city situated at the Ayade…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a move to forestall further violence and killings associated with farmers and herdsman crisis, the National Economic Council (NEC), a forum of Nigeria governors has banned open grazing in the country. The government also banned the free movement of cattles across the borders from other Economic Community of West Africa States…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) earlier scheduled for Monday, May 14 will be postponed. This was revealed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi as he spoke on the plan to review the timetable for congresses and national convention. He said the decision was made…
