LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian lawmaker burst into tears on Tuesday on the floor of the parliament while discussing the insecurity in his state. Although the security situation across the country appears to have worsened with almost daily reports of killings and kidnappings, the lawmaker focussed on the latest incident in his state. At the […]
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-At least 78 Nigerians have been killed and 12 abducted in violent attacks across the country since President Bola Tinubu took the oath of office. The incidents happened in Rivers, Zamfara, Kaduna, Ogun, Sokoto, and the Federal Capital Territory. This was contained in data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In Nigeria last year, 20 million children did not go to school, the currency hit an all-time low, half of adults were under or unemployed, oil production — the lifeblood of the economy — fell to a 40-year low, and gangs of heavily armed bandits had free reign over large swathes of […]
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Coordinator of the Civilian Joint Task Force CJTF, in Borno State, Mr Abba Kalli, has blamed France for the worsening insecurity in Borno State and its environs According to him, France is behind the insecurity of the area especially Borno because of the oil and gas in Lake Chad and […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-This year will be the fourth year running that Seyi Anne Moses has had to decide against going home to see her parents at Christmas. Like many urban Nigerians, Moses dreads the long road journey to see relatives in the countryside — a trip fraught with danger as gangs lurk to attack […]
LAGOS DECEMBR 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is expecting to take delivery of 54 new air assets, including attack aircraft and helicopters as well as aerial drones, to boost its capabilities to fight insecurity in the country, Chief of Air Staff Marshal Amao said on Thursday. A 13-year-old Islamist insurgency in the northeast and kidnappings for ransom by […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji has claimed the federal government was responsible for the incessant banditry activities in the northwest and other places. He alleged that security chiefs, military personnel and some highly placed individuals make huge amounts of money from the inhuman activities. Turji disclosed this in a telephone interview with […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governors of the 36 states have accused the Federal Government of abandoning its duty of addressing the security challenges crippling economic activities in the country. The governors, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, said the rising level of poverty among Nigerians was a consequence of the biting effect of insecurity […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty years ago, in July 1992, Joseph Ugochukwu from Imo State, who does not want to be identified by his real name, was denied visa by the United States Embassy. Back then No. 2, Eleke Crescent, Victoria Island, was the important diplomatic address in Nigeria and it received a daily stream of […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has pointed out that the high level of insecurity and the apparent neglect of the agricultural sector, among other factors, are responsible for the prevalent soaring food inflation experienced in the country. Obi, who made it known in a Message to mark […]
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