LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will intensify efforts to ease the economic hardship facing citizens, while reaffirming the Federal Government’s determination to defeat insecurity and secure the release of all persons held captive across the country. The assurance was conveyed by the Secretary to the Government of…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines Monday, leaving at least 12 people dead, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damaged buildings and sparking a 1-meter (3-foot) tsunami along nearby coasts, officials said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the threat of a tsunami had largely passed about five…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has once again criticised the government’s passive and uncoordinated response to the nation’s severe insecurity problems. In a recent post on his X account, titled “What Our Pervasive Insecurity Requires: A Holistic, Not Reactive Approach,” the former governor of Anambra…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-THE police in Lagos State have recorded a major success in the fight against the rising wave of violent killings and attacks by rival cult members in Ishashi, Shibiri, Ajangbadi and Ilogbo, all in the Ojo area of the state. More than ten people have been killed during attacks and reprisal attacks…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Fresh concerns have emerged over the fate of worshippers abducted from the Evangelical Church of West Africa in the Omugo axis of Ifelodun Local Government Area in Kwara State after reports surfaced that five of the victims may have died while in captivity. The victims were among eight worshippers kidnapped by gunmen…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An aide to the immediate past Minister of Power and 2027 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Femi Awogboro, has said those who abducted the former Minister’s sister and her twin sons in Ibadan are yet to contact the family. He stated that security agencies were…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The defection of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) last month has reshaped Nigeria’s political contest, particularly in the North-west geopolitical zone. This region has been a stronghold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), where it has won the presidential…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is planning to repatriate more than 1,000 of its nationals from South Africa as anti-immigrant tensions rise in the country, long a destination for documented and undocumented African workers. The move by Abuja comes after Ghana recently repatriated hundreds of its citizens from South Africa in response to a wave of…