LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s security agencies are investigating at least four politicians from the country’s northern part over the use of Russian flags by #EndBadGovernance protesters. Multiple sources told The PUNCH that the political bigwigs, who hail from Katsina, Kaduna and Kano states, were principal actors who instigated the use of Russian flags among demonstrators…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Borno State and Kano State governments has imposed a 24-hour curfew in response to ongoing nationwide hunger protests and a recent bomb explosion in the State. In Borno State the curfew announcement was made by the spokesperson for the State Police Command, Nahum Kenneth Daso, in a statement on Thursday. The…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano State mobilisers for the nationwide planned protest against bad governance have revealed their identities and rolled out demands and directives for the August 1, 2024, mass action. At least 13 civil society organisations under the aegis of the Northern Chapter of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), led by Anas Adamu….
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Yusuf Kofar-Mata, on Wednesday, lost three of his family members to an early morning fire outbreak that gutted his residence at Kofar-Mata quarters in Kano metropolis. The incident occurred early Wednesday while members of the family were said to be asleep. However, the commissioner…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of at least 14 worshippers after a trailer ran into Jumaat congregation worshippers in Kano. It was learnt that the accident occurred at Imawa town, Kura Local Government Area on Kano-Kaduna highway shortly after Friday prayer around 13.50 pm when the driver…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There have been several reactions on social media after a viral video captured the moment a billboard bearing the pictures of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Yusuf Abba Kabir Yusuf was set ablaze by protesters in Kano state. According to recent reports, a new demonstration has broken out in Kano State,…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government should be held responsible if any violence breaks out in Kano State over the ongoing tussle in the emirate. Atiku condemned the Tinubu government for allegedly siding the newly sacked Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero by deploying security forces to…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-If urgent measures is not taken by the Federal Government security agents, breakdown of law and order is imminent in Kano. The deposed Emir of Kano arrived Kano City on Saturday morning with a mission to occupy the Palace where the new reinstated Emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is already occupying with the…
