LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s president on Thursday denied that government proposals to share out land to end a wave of violence over grazing rights amounted to “colonization” of fertile areas by his own ethnic group. Clashes between semi-nomadic herders, mostly of the Fulani ethnic group, and settled farmers in central states have killed around 100…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has invited Kassim Afegbua for a chat with its Director-General, Mr Lawal Musa Daura. The meeting will hold on Thursday, February 8. This invitation came few hours after Afegbua honoured police invitation at Force Headquarters. He was subsequently cleared of any wrong doing. Afegbua’s attorney,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the electioneering leading up to 2019 elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and confidence building efforts toward improving cohesion within the All Progressives Congress (APC). The information is in a two-paragraph statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police has declared wanted Kassim Afegbua, the spokesman of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. The declaration was contained in a statement on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood. But Afegbua in a statement has faulted the police for declaring him wanted. According to Moshood in a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, on Thursday, denied nursing presidential ambition for the 2019 elections, but Nigerian markets are awash with Indomie packs bearing a photo of the politician and the inscription, ‘Ambassador Babagana Kingibe for President 2019’. The branded Indomie noodles have appeared on a large scale and are reportedly sold at the…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Truth, in the words of Thomas Aquinas, is the agreement of what is in the mind with what is on the lips. Considering this remark in relation to the truth as told by the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in his memo to President Buhari, and the ripple reactions…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, fondly called the evil genius, the Maradona, IBB because of his cunning ways has started his antics again in Nigeria political arena. Within a timeline of four hours on Sunday, he issued a statement, disowned it and then reversed to embrace the initial statement. Babangida was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the arrest of Kassim Afegbua for the statement he issued on behalf of former President Ibrahim Babangida. A government source, who does not want his name in print, confirmed that the IGP had ordered Afegbua’s arrest within 24 hours. It would be recalled…