LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Policeman and suspected armed bandits have been spotted praying together somewhere in the Northern part of Nigeria. The photo has sparked controversy as Nigerians wondered if the so-called security agents of the country is pallying with the ‘enemy’ or shielding them from being apprehended. It is no longer news that…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hassan Boguma, a prominent chief in Borno, has condemned Nigeria’s security situation and corruption in government. The Zanna Boguma of Borno also revealed how the North requested the United States to support President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2015 poll. Boguma, a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), spoke to Arewa Agenda….
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Dr Olusegun Obasanjo says without restructuring of Nigeria’s federating unit, the country “will remain insecure, unstable, non-progressive and stagnated at best or disintegrated at the worst.” Obasanjo noted that the Federal Government is overwhelmed with the spate of insecurity, making restructuring imperative. He spoke on Friday in Abeokuta, Ogun State…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of Northern youth groups under the umbrella of Coalition Against Killings in Northern Nigeria (CAKIN) and the Northern Groups Coalition (NGC), have asked the federal government to stop the massive killings and raiding of communities in the North by bandits and Boko Haram insurgents. A former Executive Secretary of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria Head of States, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), on Sunday, led a prayer rally against killings, Boko Haram attacks in North East region and Nigeria at large. Gowon who is also the National Chairman of ‘Nigeria Prays’, speaking during the one-day prayer rally held in Bauchi, said the prayer rally was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A large crowd of Borno residents, on Wednesday, booed the President Muhammadu Buhari as his convoy drove from the Maiduguri International Airport to the centre of the city. Buhari, upon returning from a five-day trip to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, paid a condolence visit to the North-Eastern state, following a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party and the African Democratic Congress on Friday lampooned the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over his claims that his regime was succeeding in addressing insecurity. Buhari at the inauguration of two helicopters for the armed forces said Nigerians believed in the success achieved by his government in…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Christians across the country on Sunday heeded the call by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and staged prayer walks round their churches to end killings in the nation. At the Oritamefa Baptist Church, Ibadan where the CAN President, Reverend Supo Ayokunle, worshipped, the rally held around 12.30pm. Ayokunle said the attacks…