LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Uganda’s incumbent president Yoweri Museveni has stepped down after ruling the East African country for 33 years. Museveni has been in power since he took over from notorious Ugandan leaders Idi Amin. Museveni was involved in rebellions that toppled notorious Ugandan leaders Idi Amin (1971–79) and Milton Obote (1980–85) before capturing power…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGRS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Sunday rejoiced with mothers throughout the country on the occasion of Mothers’ Day that took place yesterday. Speaking to journalists at the International Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Obi said that considering…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 8,916 senior Police Officers, including the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, to their next substantive ranks to fill existing vacancies. Details of the promotion is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the Commission’s Spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani. The Commission…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis who is on visit to Morocco warned political leaders who want to build walls to keep out migrants “end up prisoners of the walls that they build.” Francis said he simply couldn’t understand in his head or his heart how a government could be so cruel as to put up…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents are fleeing Michika and Madagali areas after Boko Haram insurgents razed several villages, and killed scores of people. Hundreds of villagers from the affected villages as well as neighbouring ones are currently fleeing their homes to Gulak, Mubi and other towns. Boko Haram reportedly destroyed property in Kuda-Kaya village in a…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The peace and tranquility hitherto witnessed by residents of Amukoko, in the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos, has been replaced with fear, owing to an ongoing gang war among some youths in the area, which has already claimed 10 lives. At the moment, helpless residents are wearing expressions of fear, sadness…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa-based journalist Jones Abiri has once again been arrested by men of the Department of State Services (DSS). Abiri was arrested at Ayabowei Plaza in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. SaharaReporters understands that the men stormed the venue with a white Hilux and black SUV while Abiri was discussing with his colleagues…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)— The man seeking to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on residents of poorer areas south of the capital to protest his rule, as three blackouts in less than a month have virtually shut down the country. Many schools and businesses have been closed for five days. “We will continue to…
