LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Col Hassan Stan-Iabo (retd) has described the media briefing which former Niger-Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, held at Nigeria’s seat of power as embarrassing. Last month, President Bola Tinubu welcomed Dokubo, his string supporter at the villa. Both men posed for photographs after a meeting inside the villa. On his way out,…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekure hailed from a small slum community known as Eku which is situated in the suburb of Ethiope East local government area of Delta state in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Though his community and region have great potential for wealth and represents the economic vertebra of the Nigerian economy…
LAGOS JUNE 27 (NEWSRANGERS)-A vehicle carrying bags of diesel believed to be illegally refined product popularly referred to as ‘Kpo fire’ in the Niger Delta, burst into flames while on transit along NTA Road, Mgbuoba, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Saturday night. The incident, which happened in front of Aganorlu Street,…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prominent Niger Delta leader, Asari Dokubo, has accused the Nigerian military of being behind 99 percent of oil theft in the country. Dokubo made the accusation after a private meeting with President Bola Tinubu in his office on Friday. He stated that the President has promised to investigate allegations of huge oil…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Indigenous People Within Nigeria on Friday came out in their thousands to protest the proposed water resources Bill which seeks to establish a regulatory framework for trans boundary water resources in Nigeria and to provide for the equitable and sustainable development, management, use and conservation of Nigeria’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta region erupted in anger at the weekend following calls from an Ijaw leader and President of the Ijaw Peoples Association (IPA) in Great Britain and Ireland, Francis Akpanari, to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Akpanari, who lives in the diaspora said in an interview: “I don’t think the…
By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The recent proposition of Former President Olusegun Obasanjo that Oil belong to Nigeria and not Niger Delta aroused my indignation to an unimaginable degree. I am angry not because I find his position to be very wrong and a bundle of falsehood but because he is deliberately…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has urged oil and gas companies in Nigeria to relocate to their operational base in Niger Delta for smooth operation. This was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Senator Albert Akpan (PDP-Akwa Ibom) at plenary on Tuesday. Akpan, in his lead debate said that the companies have over…