LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Thursday expressed concern over the order for the detention of Mr. Omoyele Sowore, the Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), for 45 days. The Department of State Security (DSS) had secured the order from a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja about six days…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday paid a condolence visit to the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the death of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. Olakunrin was reportedly killed along Ore-Shagamu Expressway by some hoodlums suspected to be Fulani herdsmen last Friday. Speaking…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police Special Forces and policemen from the Ondo State Command have moved into the state government reserve with the purpose of hunting for herdsmen, who allegedly killed Mrs Funke Olakunrin, a daughter of the Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti. The Ondo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr Femi…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force says it has started a “massive manhunt” for the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti. Mrs. Funke Olakunrin was shot by armed men on Friday afternoon while travelling along the Benin-Ore Expressway in South-Western Nigeria. According to…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWRANGERS)-Fresh facts emerged on Saturday that herdsmen have converted the Ondo Government reserve located in the Odigbo Local Government Area into a militia camp. This indication buttressed the widespread claim that killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, 58-year-old daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, were herdsmen who…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has reacted to the killing on Friday of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Adams, who is the Leader of Oodua Peoples Congress, described Olakunrin’s killing by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State as one too…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGRS)-Leaders of various ethnic groups across the country have expressed their support for the defeated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the just concluded presidential election, Atiku Abubakar to seek redress in the law courts. The leaders under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Ohananeze Ndigbo, Afenifere, Niger Delta…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says the rate at which he’s being endorsement for president across the country is touching. Atiku stated this on Sunday after learning of his endorsement for president by groups from different regions of the country. The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF),…