LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, has knocked the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, and his Zamfara State counterpart, Bello Matawalle, for laying the foundation for kidnapping in error by negotiating with bandits. “The state governments –both Zamfara and Katsina States –mistakenly laid the foundation for what…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their school, were welcomed by the governor of Katsina state Friday. Reunions that are more celebratory and emotional likely will come when the boys are finally reunited with their families,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night. The governor gave the figure when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Sunday. The governor…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Voice of America (VOA) has fired or proposed the removal of 15 staff members of its Hausa Service over what the broadcast station described as “improper payments.” It was alleged that Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari had visited the station in Washington, taken a tour of the office premises, and gifted the…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to a list released by the Federal Government indicting its members as ‘top treasury looters’. The PDP in a press statement by its National Chairman, Uche Secondus, on Friday released a counter list containing Governors, Senators, Ministers and other top All Progressives Congress Chieftains. It…