LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State has concluded plans to honour the late military officer, Gideon Orkar, who was executed over a failed coup by naming a 9.7 kilometre road after him. The state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mike Inalegwu, disclosed this while briefing journalists Tuesday after the state executives meeting at the Government…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Armed Forces of Nigeria has warned unscrupulous elements who engage in fabricating and spreading unfounded misinformation about coup. While advising the general public to disregard such information and go about their normal activities in a statement signed by Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Turkur Gusau sighted by NewsRangers, the Nigeria…
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 FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular Ghanaian activist who organised protests against President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government was charged with treason on Monday after making a comment about organising a coup on social media. Oliver Barker-Vormawor, leader of the #FixTheCountry movement, which held protests in the West African country over economic hardships among other issues, was detained…