LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s military leaders warned against any armed intervention in the country as West African leaders are set to gather in Nigeria’s capital on Sunday for an emergency summit to decide on further actions to pressure the army to restore constitutional order. Heads of state of the 15-member Economic Community of West African…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who remains active despite leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army’s top brass last month, has hailed Niger’s military coup as good news and offered his fighters’ services to bring order. A voice message on Telegram app channels associated with Wagner that they said was Prigozhin…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some photos that have been making waves online have captured some citizens of Niger Republic looting some of the properties belonging to fleeing politicians in the country Since the the report of a military takeover in the country surfaced online, there have been reactions across the world It began after a man…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On the road linking Niger’s capital Niamey with the south of the country, illegal fuel warehouses have closed and intrepid black-market touts waving petrol canisters at passing cars have become an endangered species. The reason? Neighbouring Nigeria has scrapped its subsidies for petrol — a move that tripled domestic prices and ended…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Muhammadu Buhari was first elected Nigeria’s president eight years ago, it was on the promise that he would help put an end to the Boko Haram insurgency which has forced millions of people from their homes in the north-east and cost thousands of lives. Eight years on, the region appears safer,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of some communities and markets in the Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State have begun to abandon the Nigerian currency for CFA franc because of the shortage of New Naira Notes, SaharaReporters has gathered. Investigations showed that Illela, a border town with Niger Republic and of about 105 kilometres from…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has asked the Nigerian Customs authorities to release a detained Customs officer, Owombo John Segun who exposed how refined petroleum products, particularly Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, are being trafficked to Cameroon, Chad, Niger Republic and some other African nations. Falana made the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor who went through horrible experience in the hands of his abductors has narrated his ordeals in an exclusive interview with The Nation Newspaper. According to him, he was abducted on December 14, 2021 after the terrorists stormed his farm house near Sarkin Pawa along Kaduna road to pick him up….