http://ift.tt/2x7iQh7 His Royal Majesty, Israel Okwu Kanu LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has been issued a 24-hour ultimatum to dethrone His Royal Majesty, Israel Okwu Kanu, the paramount ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia, and father of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. The group, Umuahia Youth…
http://ift.tt/2xesspX LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and top leaders of his group have gone into hiding following Friday’s September 15 declaration by the Nigerian Army that IPOB and other Pro-Biafran groups were terrorists organisations. Investigations by Punch on Saturday September 16 revealed that Kanu and his top…
http://ift.tt/2xKQQ3C LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Kogi State Police Command, are hard-pressed trying to unravel how a monkey allegedly shot dead by a 65-year-old hunter, Clement Etila Ekele, transformed turned into his 45-year-old younger brother, Monday Ekele. The tragic incident happened on July 16, this year at Ikaka village in…
http://ift.tt/2h9ypyJ LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Abia State Police Command of Nigeria Police Force has declared that individuals operating under the auspices of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) with Biafran flags and any other materials will be arrested and prosecuted. This was disclosed on Saturday by the State Police Commissioner, Anthony Michael Ogbizi, as…
http://ift.tt/2hbwaam Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to attend the New York, to participate in the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity confirmed the departure on his Facebook page. “President Buhari departs…
http://ift.tt/2x7rJHD Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is being sponsored by certain disgruntled elements to sabotage the Buhari Administration, under the guise of fighting for the rights of the people of the South-east. ”Nigerians must understand that IPOB was not…
http://ift.tt/2wtAjfp LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the Thursday clash between some Igbo traders and Hausas in Plateau State, the state governor Simon Lalong has imposed an indefinite curfew in Jos, the State Capital. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Samuel Lalong, Samuel Nanle, the curfew was as result of a clash that ensued…
http://ift.tt/2wtAjfp LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unconfirmed report has it that a major general has been killed in the crisis rocking Ugboju district in Otukpo local government area of Benue state. Major General Lawrence Ugbo was reported to have been killed in a crisis which broke out in the district on Wednesday, September 13. Seven other residents…