LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called for a detailed investigation into the circumstances surrounding the wave of kidnap incidents along Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road. DAILY POST had reported that commuters have been attacked consecutively on the road, leading to the abduction of some students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Burkina Faso army captain on Friday announced the ouster of military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and the suspension of the country’s constitution and transitional charter in a statement read on national television. Army Captain Ibrahim Traoré said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has uncovered an illegal oil bunkering site in the Ikeja area of Lagos. The Operation Officer, 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Major Tarela Emuren, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday, said criminals used the facility to refine and transport crude oil to different filling stations in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian judicial panel says that army soldiers “shot, injured and killed” peaceful protesters demonstrating against police brutality at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos in Oct. 2020. The report calls the shootings “a massacre.” Police also “shot at, assaulted and battered unarmed protesters, which led to injuries and deaths,” the panel…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has called on the Army, Navy and Air Force War Colleges to institutionalise synergy in order to promote and sustain the ideals of joint operation exercises. The CDS gave the charge yesterday, Monday 1 November 2021 while declaring open the Defence Headquarters (DHQ)…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Governor of Sokoto State Right Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has reaffirmed his commitment to support the Nigerian Army (NA) to tackle insecurity bedeviling the Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Governor Tambuwal stated that in spite of the state’s lean resources, the state government will do all it could to provide…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said that the Department of State Services released veteran Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, after a rigorous search of his phones. According to the lawyer, the secret police didn’t find anything incriminating on the actor’s phones. Ozekhome made this revelation in a statement on Tuesday shortly…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services has flown veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu, to Abuja as part of investigations for promoting Biafra cause and allegedly inciting members of the public. Agu was first arrested by the Nigerian Army on October 7, 2021, around Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State, for wearing a Biafra outfit…