LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS) Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has relisted an application by Human Right Activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo for the enforcement of his human rights and those of the Nigerian public in Delta State over the alleged killings of Fulani herdsmen in the region for hearing. A SUIT NO:…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has decorated his son, Adeboye Obasanjo as Brigadier-General in the Nigerian Army, following his promotion and having passed through the military mills within and outside Nigeria. Obasanjo a former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was accorded a rare privilege by the military…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of General Officers Commanding (GOCs) and other senior Field Commanders. A statement yesterday in Abuja by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, explained that the development was part of efforts to reinvigorate the service. The statement said those redeployed are: Maj.-Gen. G….
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has narrated what transpired between Christian Ehima, a 24-year-old undergraduate of Computer Science in the University of Benin; and soldiers at the Railway Checkpoint in Igbanke, Edo State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Saturday, said contrary to the allegations by…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has summoned one of its Guard Commanders in Edo State over the death of Christian Ehima, a 24-year-old undergraduate of Computer Science in the University of Benin. The inconsolable mother of the victim, an Assistant Superintendent of Police with the Delta State Police Command, Mercy Ehima, told Saturday PUNCH…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian troops killed 24 suspected Islamist insurgents in two attacks in the northeast and recovered some weapons, the army said on Tuesday. Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been fighting the Nigerian armed forces for more than a decade in a conflict that has killed hundreds…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of popular Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu in Anambra State. Recall that Chiwetalu Agu was allegedly manhandled and molested by the Nigerian Army troops for wearing Biafra clothing. The movie legend was walking within the Upper Iweka Bridge when two soldiers suddenly accosted, wrestled him to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRAGERS)- The Nigerian Army will on Monday commence three exercises nationwide. The exercises are code named Golden Dawn, Enduring Peace and Still Water. According to a statement on Sunday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, would flag off all…