LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States of America has sought the views of the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on the security situation in the country. A two-man team of officials from the US Embassy in Lagos, led by the Political Officer, Shashank Iyer, met with Adams on Monday in his Lagos home…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid raging insecurity across the country, Fulani leaders have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, listen to the advice of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on how to restore peace and stability. They spoke under the aegis of the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN). Their national…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The state of insecurity in the country has prompted the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to begin urgent plans to install “closed-circuit television (CCTVs) and other cutting-edge technologies in major cities in the country for city surveillance”. Adamu made the disclosure recently while reviewing the security situation in the country for…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A conglomeration of 15 churches in Northern Nigeria under the aegis of Tarayar Ekklisiyoyin Kristi A Nigeria (meaning, Fellowship of the Churches of Christ in Nigeria), – TEKAN – has expressed concern over the continued spate of banditry and insecurity in the country, saying “the government must sit up.” According to the…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has expressed the police helplessness to withstand the present surging crime of banditary,kidnapping,armed robberies and other vices in Nigeria. He disclosed that with shortage of funds, inadequate equipment and personnel, there is little or nothing the police can do to curb the rising waves of…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawmaker representing Niger State, honourable Adamu Chika, has emotionally expressed his worries about the level of insecurity in the North West zone in Nigeria. Chika voiced his concerns over the challenges the people have been facing in the last one year, adding that he scared to go home because he feels…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, has raised the alarm over increased state of insecurity in the country. Wabba, who raised the alarm in a message to state Delegates Conference of the Congress on Thursday, said the current security system has failed the country. “There is hardly…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ekiti State House of Assembly has adjourned legislative business until October 8, citing issues of harassment and insecurity. The house, by the resolution, will only resume duties a week to the expiration of the tenure of the governor, Ayo Fayose. The house also condemned and rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship…