LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Taskforce has urged Lagosians to desist from patronising motorcycle operators, popularly called ‘Okada’, saying they do not only pose risks to the passengers but also a security risk to all residents. The agency said Okada has been used as a “quick getaway means by criminal elements.” According to a…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The main opposition voice and the presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has decried the worsening security situation in the country. Obi said it’s unacceptable that Nigerian children will not be allowed to learn in a secure environment because of criminals. The LP standard bearer…
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 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has asked President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the issue of insecurity in the country. NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, in a state of the nation address it presented in Abuja on Wednesday, maintained that “what…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-Amid the insecurity challenges confronting Nigerians, the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said the Presidency of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua can’t be compared to that of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and President Bola Tinubu. Obi said state governors were in charge of security in their…
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…