LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The unrest created by the dreaded one million boys is getting out of hand. Their wing is growing. Or how else can we explain the act of these hoodlums snatching an army van? The consequence obviously will be brutal. According to the video posted which claimed to be shared by a Surulere…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government said it would not hesitate to deploy the military and the police for contact tracing in cases where persons suspected to have contacted the virus do not voluntarily show up for testing. The Government has urged Nigerians to prepare for tougher measures as part of its response to the…
LAGOS MACH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s army is readying troops to help the government and police curb the spread of the coronavirus, one of a series of measures President Cyril Ramaphosa is considering as new infections continue to rise. A week after he declared a state of national disaster on March 15, the number of confirmed…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Government says there is evidence that Nigerian security agents, including the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army, intimidated voters, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and even election observers during the 2019 general elections. According to the US, this fuelled the impression that the Nigerian Army…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The BBC Africa Eye has uncovered shocking video evidence that torture is being used by multiple branches of the Nigerian Police and armed forces. This evidence of torture by the Nigerian Police came to light; after the BBC released the report on Monday, February 10, via its verified YouTube page. Torture…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A rights activist and lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has asked a Federal High Court to interpret the provisions of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, in relation to the inscription on the Naira notes and logo of the Nigerian Army. The plaintiff filed two suits labeled FHC/Abj/CS/2/2020 and FHC/Abj/C’S/3/2020. The defendants in…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Western Region Of Nigeria Security Outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun (leopard).is billed to be inaugurated in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, was the outcome of a security summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria for the region’s six governors last year to tackle the kidnappings, ritual killings and other violent…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The combined troops of 4 Brigade and 32 Artillery Brigade Nigerian Army, Exercise Crocodile Smile IV have recovered eight dane guns and 725 bags of substance suspected to be cannabis. The operation was in a joint operation with personnel of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This was contained in a statement…