LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar said the hardship in Nigeria is getting out of control and that the distribution of palliatives is not the way out but sustainable action to end the people’s suffering. The former Nigerian leader spoke at his residence in uphill Minna when he received the leadership…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), has spoken out about the planned nationwide protest set for August 1st. In a statement released on Saturday, Kwankwaso said he acknowledged the hardships faced by Nigerians, which he attributes to leadership failures since 2007. He believes these hardships…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is working to distribute some seized food items nationwide as the biting food crisis continues in the country. According to the National Public Relations, CSC Abdullahi Maiwada, the food items will be distributed after they are certified fit for human consumption. In a Tuesday statement, he…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human right activist, Chief (Barr.)Malcolm Omirhobo has reacted to the statement of Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar on the precarious situation of insecurity and hunger in the country stressing that when the revolution the monarch foresaw, if not averted would consume all Nigeria leaders and not just…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prices of staple foods in Nigeria increased to at least 40 percent in the last two months, a market survey by DAILY POST reports. DAILY POST gathered that as of Monday, 11 February 2024, the prices of Rice, beans, garri, groundnut oil, tomatoes, and bread witnessed an astronomical increase of over 40…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former national vice chairman (North West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has asked President Bola Tinubu to ignore the mass protests over high cost of living at his peril. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, Lukman, a former Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF),…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given President Bola Tinubu a 14-day ultimatum to implement concrete measures to tackle the rising cost of living crisis in the country. The students’ body which lamented the hardships faced by Nigerians warned that failure to come out with implementable policies that would address…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In the midst of the intensifying gubernatorial race in Imo State, Peter Gregory Obi, the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, has expressed concern in a video (38:28) about the ongoing hardships faced by the underprivileged masses despite government actions in the country. Addressing the audience during the Labour Party’s campaign…