LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 11 soldiers have been reportedly killed after suspected members of the Boko Haram sect invaded a military base on Wednesday in Malamfatori area of Abadam local government, Borno state. A member of the civilian joint task force, who escaped the attack, Adamu Bamanga, told newsmen that the fighters came…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Chief Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, Coordinator of Ohanaeze Youth Wing is South South on Friday urged politicians to focus on public interest in the current crisis in the National Assembly. Arthur-Ugwa said that the timely intervention of Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on the crisis averted embarrassment to the nation. He said that…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With less that 24 hours to the House of Representatives by-election in Lokoja/Kotonkarfe constituency, the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday raised the alarm over influx of political thugs allegedly imported by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disrupt the exercise. He specifically accused two ex-governors of the State, Alhaji Ibrahim…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahmed Musa’s move from Leicester City to Al-Nassr FC appears to have gone down well with the club’s fans, who gave the Nigeria international an outrageous reaction upon his arrival in Saudi Arabia. In a video shared on his @AhmedMusa718 Twitter handle, the former CSKA Moscow forward is seem being mobbed by…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– Senate President Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, addressed the press on the blockade of the entrance of the National Assembly on Tuesday by DSS operatives and vows to ensure that democracy thrives as well as ensure justice and fairness. He said that the siege on the National Assembly was an act of…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Akwa-Ibom, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akpabio officially defected to the ruling party on Wednesday, August 8 at the Ikot-Ekpene township stadium in Akwa Ibom. Some of those present at the defection ceremony were the national chairman…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tanzania unveiled former Nigeria international Emmanuel Amunike as their new head coach on Monday. The Tanzania Football Federation confirmed the appointment on their official Twitter handle, with Amunike being unveiled by TFF President Wallace Karia in Dar es Salaam. The 47-year-old, who has been without a job since leaving Sudan’s Al Khartoum…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola, has challenged the victory of Dr. Kayode Fayemi. He challenged the victory at the Ekiti election petition tribunal on Friday. Fayemi, a former governor of the state, and candidate of the All Progressives…
