LAGOS APTIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vigilante groups in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, have protested against the state government’s directive to collect weapons from non-state security outfits across the state. The protest, which took place over the weekend, saw dozens of vigilante members and concerned residents take to the streets, voicing their disapproval…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kaduna State police officer, Hadaina Hussaini Dan-Taki, has threatened reprisal attacks on southerners living in northern Nigeria. Dan-Taki’s remarks followed the brutal killing of 16 northerners in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State. In a fiery Facebook comment on Tuesday, Dan-Taki swore by Almighty God, vowing that…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has warned Kano youths against launching reprisal attacks on innocent non-indigenes in the state over the killings of 16 northern travelers in Edo State. Sanusi, who is also the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), warned the youths against taking laws…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Although the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hasn’t made its official position known on the coalition being put together by some key leaders of the opposition to wrestle power from the ruling party at the federal level, All Progressives Congress (APC), and President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027, Sunday Vanguard understands that the…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to reverse the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression.” Mr Akpabio is sued…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, yesterday, called on all stakeholders in the party not to contemplate allowing the former Vice President and presidential candidate of the party in 2019 and 2023, Atiku Abubakar, to again emerge as the flag bearer in 2027. George, in a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A London court has awarded a $380 million judgment against the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) for non-delivery of cargoes to trading houses Vitol and Glencore. The court awarded $260 million in compensation to Vitol, and $120 million to Glencore. The case heard in London’s High Court and Court of Appeal is…
LAGOS FERBUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tens of thousands of people marched in Germany on Sunday to protest against the decision by the centre-right leader – and frontrunner in a looming election – to send to parliament proposals for tough migration rules that received the backing of a far-right party. Angry protesters in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig and…
