LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Nigerian military in collaboration with armed forces of neighbouring countries have made tremendous progress in the war against insurgency since the inception of his administration. Speaking Friday at the graduation ceremony of Course 27 at the National Defence College in Abuja, President Buhari said: “This…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man has decided to get married to himself and he released a wedding invitation card, inviting friends to his “Holy Sologamy”. Sologamy is a marriage by a person to himself or herself, according to Wikipedia, and this is what Victor Ibeh, a popular Nigerian counsellor, is celebrating. Victor, who has…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has faulted the Friday’s order of the Federal High Court in Abuja proscribing the Islamic Movement in Nigeria popularly known as Shiites. Ozekhome in a statement sent to our correspondent said the court’s ruling which also declared the Shiite movement as a terrorist group was…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also know as Shiites, has described the application by the ban on the activities of the sect as unconstitutional. The Federal Government had, on Friday, obtained an ex parte order from a Federal High Court in Abuja, banning the activities of the sect. Justice Nkeonye Maha,…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – At least 20 members of a Nigerian Shi’ite organization have been killed this week, group spokesmen said, during a series of protests that show little sign of ending despite the increasing death toll and authorities saying they have boosted security. The death toll may be as high as 25, one…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Presidential Investigative Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIPR) says it is investigating three permanent secretaries over alleged corruption and abuse of office. Chairman of the panel, Okoi Obono-Obla, said one of the permanent secretaries bought a house in Asokoro, Abuja, for over N500 million. At a press briefing…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A plot for another round of protest by supporters of the El-Zakzakky led Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), on Tuesday was nipped in the bud by men of the Nigerian Police. 12 members of the sect were apprehended according to a statement issued by FCT Police Command spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah. According…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have shot dead a senior police officer, DCP Umar, who was in charge of Operations at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Umar was reportedly gunned down as he tried to pacify the rampaging Shi’ite members who disrupted commercial activities and vehicular movement during…
