LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has commended the Finish government over the arrest and detention of Simon Ekpa, saying his administration will not tolerate actions and statements that could lead to division among citizens. President Tinubu spoke when he received the Letters of Credence from the Finnish Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Sanna Selin, at…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said the various ethnic agitations across Nigeria are a product of failed leadership. Fielding questions during his address at Chatham House, London, Obi said equity, justice and fairness would solve the problem of agitation in the country. Asked by a member of…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential Candidate of Labour Party for the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the death of former Chief of Staff of the defunct Biafran Army, General Alexander Madiebo. In his Condolence Message on Saturday to the Madiebo family, to the Igbo people and Nigeria in general, Obi stated that…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a bloody Monday in the Southeast as gunmen again went on the rampage, killing and destroying properties. Worst hit were Imo and Anambra states, where gunmen and security agents engaged in shootouts, leaving deaths in their wake. In Imo, the police killed six suspected members of the Indigenous People of…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged southeast governors and members of the public to “deal decisively and skin alive” criminals enforcing the Monday sit-at-home order. IPOB said it never directed anyone to enforce the sit-at-home order because it has since been called off. The separatist group was reacting to shootings…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH *NEWSRANGERS)-The indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday said that the plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to secretly visit Ebonyi State will be resisted by youths of the South East geopolitical zone, unless the national leader, Nnamdi Kanu is released unconditionally from the DSS detention. IPOB expressed regrets that their leader, Kanu…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commercial activities were grounded for hours in parts of Anambra on Monday as the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra went underway in Abuja. Mostly affected were the commercial centres of Onitsha and Nnewi where major markets were shut. African Examiner reports that vehicular movements within…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has described the views of the Solicitor General of Alberta in Canada, Kelechi Amadi, regarding the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu as an “outrageously ignoramus opinion that is eccentric and weird”. Malami stated this on Wednesday in a statement that was…