LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A sixteen-year-old girl identified as Sadiya Usman, reportedly hanged herself over alleged forced marriage in Garin Dauru village in Warawa Local Government Area, Kano State The State Police Spokesman SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa who confirmed the incident to Daily Post said, “police on 01/08/2022 at about 3:00 received a phone call from…
http://ift.tt/2xtshqJ Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, says President Muhammadu Buhari will spend only four days in London after which he will return to Nigeria. Adesina, however, did not state the reason for Buhari’s visit. Responding to an inquiry via a text message, the…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I Go Dye writes on his Instagram page “When pensioners protested this is what they got. When we protested for fuel pump hike this is what we got. When we protested against bad leadership this is what we got. When we protested on power failure or increase of minimum wage this is…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in Niger’s skies. The West African group of countries, Ecowas, had earlier warned it could use force if President Mohamed…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind the call by Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu for the campaign, whenever it starts, to be based on issues and not personality. Obi was reacting to the call by Tinubu, through his campaign organization, for the candidates and…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A top-ranking member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi was conspicuously absent at the inauguration of former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th President on Monday at the Eagle Square in Abuja. However, Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation and ex-governor of Rivers, was spotted at the…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Zone 2 Police Command ,Onikan, Lagos, has busted an international kidnap syndicate in Ogun State and nuetralized for members of the gang during a gun battle. One unregistered Bajaj motorcycle, four AK 47 riffles, six magazines loaded with live ammunition were recovered from the criminal hideout of the syndicate. The syndicate…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1STSouth-East Council of Traditional Rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops; and the World Igbo Congress, WIC, have appealed to the federal government, to release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.Similarly, the groups also expressed “deep concern” over the high level of insecurity and socio-economic disruption in…