LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Gombe State on Saturday confirmed an attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s ad hoc staff camped at the Tudunwada Primary School, in Gombe metropolis. Mr Oqua Etim, the Commissioner of Police in Gombe confirmed the attack in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Civil rights activist and former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has given reasons President Muhammadu Buhari should expect more attacks from Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. He was reacting to the outburst of the governor against President Buhari over the presidential election issues. In an interview with DAILY POST in Abuja on…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Traders in different markets in Lagos have narrated how their wares were destroyed by thugs for supporting the PDP governorship candidate, Abdulazeez ‘Jandor’ Adediran. The traders spoke at a press conference held by the PDP in the state at the Protea Hotel in Ikeja on Sunday. The traders recounted their losses after…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba to promptly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate the reported attack on the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after a rally in Katsina state, and other cases of election-related intimidation, harassment and violence across…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A public policy think tank, the NEO Africana Centre, has condemned the attack on the convoy of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, after a successful rally in Katsina on Monday. In a statement on Wednesday by its Director of Public Affairs, Mr Jenkins Udu entitled, “Mr President…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen numbering about 50 have attacked the Spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, in his country home of Akokwa, Ideato North local government area of Imo State on Saturday afternoon. Already, Ugochinyere’s uncle, Ikeagwuonu, has been shot dead and several others fatally wounded in the attack….
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Algerian YouTuber, Said Mamouni has broken silence after he was assaulted by Cameroon legend, Samuel Eto’o. Eto’o got involved in a scuffle with Mamouni outside the Stadium 974 with the incident being filmed and later shared online. Mamouni has now released a video where he disclosed he has reported the case to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gang of armed men killed at least 15 people at a mosque in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. The attack in the Bukkuyum local government area took place during Friday prayers at the Jumu’at central mosque in Ruwan Jema town, three residents told Reuters. “The armed bandits came…