LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)— More than 200 people died in weekend clashes in central Nigeria between farmers and herders after attacks by “suspected militia herdsmen,” the governor of Plateau State said. Simon Lalong spoke late Tuesday during a visit by President Muhammadu Buhari after military, police and counterterror units were sent to end the bloodshed…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo exchanging greetings with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar while former President of Benin Republic; Boni Yayi looks on with excitements at the Gusau Institute during a function on ‘A New Era for China-Africa Cooperation’ at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Though there had…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on the restructuring of the country, saying there was no alternative to restructuring if Nigeria must make progress. Atiku stated that he remained resolute in his support for the restructuring of the country, positing that there was “too much…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria are out of the World Cup after failing to overcome Argentina in their Group D clash at the St Petersburg Stadium. Nigeria needed a win or a draw to progress, and came into the game with three points against Argentina’s one. Victory would have guaranteed progress regardless of the outcome of…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Command in Adamawa says some youth in the state now utilises human urine to intoxicate themselves. The state commander of agency, Mr Yakubu Kibo made this known Tuesday in Yola in his speech to mark the 2018 UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit…
LAGOS JUNE26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday arrived Plateau State on a condolence visit. Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad made this disclosure via his Twitter handle. The President is visiting the state after no fewer than 86 persons were killed by suspected herdsmen in Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS0-President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, commissioned the Cross River State seedlings and seed multiplication factory in Calabar which he described as people-oriented project. The President said the project was in line with his administration’s zero oil economic roadmap with Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade becoming a reference point in that vision. His…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson have not only been given a path on his back by the public service reforms that had unraveled startling revelations of massive pay roll frauds , certificate falsification, rot in the civil service , multiple employments which has increased unemployment of graduates in…