LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has said there is a high threat of kidnap throughout Nigeria. It also warned its nationals against travelling to the North-East, citing that the security environment in the region deteriorated in 2018. Except it is really essential, the UK cautioned its citizens against travelling to Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina and…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights organization, Network for Peace and Development (NPD) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the lawmaker representing Brass constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli for the recent killings and violent attacks in Twon-brass. The NPD said if Sunny-Goli is not arrested…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson has described the current spate of violence and senseless killings, particularly in the Northern part of the country as the biggest threat to the nation’s cooperate existence, since after the civil war. He faulted the nation’s lopsided federal structure, over centralisation and politicisation of…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate plans to amend the Constitution to allow for the creation of state and community police. Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed the plan on Tuesday, three days after he faulted the country’s security infrastructure and called for the removal of incapable security chiefs. “Today, my colleagues and I in the eighth…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States of America has strongly condemned the attacks in Plateau State in which no fewer than 86 people were killed and several others injured. The US in a statement by Heather Nauert, Spokesperson for the US Department of State, said the perpetrators of the attacks should be brought to justice….
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of villages in Plateau State affected by the incessant killings and attacks have continued to abandon their homes seeking refuge in nearby villages perceived to be safe. Channels Television’s correspondent on Monday confirmed that residents, mostly women and children in Gashish District left their homes following Saturday’s killings in search of…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has called for an urgent review of the Early Warning Signal (EWS) put in place by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria and South Africa early last year. She also said Nigeria must speed up the process…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, on Monday, said recent killings of Christians in Nigeria were not acceptable to his government. “Also we have had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria, we are going to be working on that problem very, very hard because…