LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the presidential elections edge closer, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) has been alleged of hiring Russian hackers to compromise the polls. The Coalition for Nigeria (CN) made the allegation in a press statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Mr Dipo Samuel, Secretary General of the group signed the statement. The statement…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 3,600 people have been killed in clashes between farmers and herders in Nigeria since 2016, Amnesty International said on Monday, blaming the government’s failure to punish the perpetrators for fuelling the violence. The international human rights organisation said more than 2,000 were killed in 2018 alone, while the bloodshed had…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An outrage has been sparked after some Nigerians were seen performing some traditional rituals in broad daylight in South Africa. According to reports, the Nigerians were seen in the North of Johannesburg performing the rites where a live chicken was killed and its blood spilled on a traditional item before it was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has pleaded with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help it combat extremist Islamic ideology among the youth in the northeast. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, made the pleas in Maiduguri yesterday at the flag-off of the distribution of relief materials donated by King Salman Ibn Abdul-Aziz Humanitarian Aid and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has been granted $200 million loan for the funding of the nation’s electrification project.“The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $150 million sovereign loan to the Federal Government of Nigeria to finance the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP),” AfDB said in a statement. “The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Peter Obi has assured Nigerians that the country can achieve self-sufficiency in food production. Obi who gave the assurance while speaking to journalists during a seminar organised by Zero Hunger Initiative in Sokoto on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Since Boko Haram’s insurgency escalated in 2009, the group has killed tens of thousands of Nigerians as well as displaced millions who are scattered in internally displaced person’s camps. Even though President Muhammadu Buhari declared in 2015 that Boko Haram had been technically defeated, the group has carried out several deadly attacks…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa has received a huge injury boost ahead of their 2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifying fixture against Nigeria at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. The Bafana Bafana welcome back Thulani Serero and Thamsanqa Mkhize on Tuesday after both players did not take part in the team’s first training session…