LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has said that the lockdown of some states and theclosure of their borders by their respective governors is illegal. In reaction to reports of Nigerians being trapped in the border communities of some states because of the closure of the borders by the governor, the secretary to the government…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has accused National Assembly members of stealing billions of naira in the name of constituency projects. The ICPC, in a report tagged “Constituency Projects Tracking Group”, tracked 424 projects from 2015-2018 constituency projects between June and August 2019 across the 12 states of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, is set to become a big employer of labour in Benue state, with his mango plantation and fruit juice factory in Howe, Gwer East Local Government Area. During a visit to the farm on Monday, Obasanjo said he will be employing about 1,000 people to tend the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three armed robbery suspects were stoned to death by a mob at Ushongo town for carrying out an operation around Tse Dansa in Ushongu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday. The suspects incurred the wrath of the community when they trailed a vehicle coming from Cross River and attacked the…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All the five South-East state governors, Samuel Ortom (Benue); Darius Ishaku (Taraba) and the Ondo State Government have rejected the federal government plan for Ruga settlements, saying they would not give out their land for herdsmen’s settlements in their states. The Federal Government on Tuesday said in the next five years, the…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was meant to be a gathering to pray for a politician’s mother, but yesterday’s session in Ilorin was more than that. Politicians latched onto the prayer to smoothen defection talks between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Reformed-All Progressives Congress(R-APC)—the conclave of aggrived APC members. The secret session was between…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been summoned by the country’s lawmakers over a spate of killings in the country’s middle belt and other parts of the country. The lawmakers also passed a vote of no confidence in service chiefs and security advisers, calling for their dismissal over their inability to protect Nigerians….
