LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights abuse investigator, who is also a researcher, formerly working with the Amnesty International, Nigeria, Mr. Damian Ugwu, has taken to his social media handle to recall how an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), John Umoru, otherwise known as ‘Too Much Money,’ allegedly caused the death of seven detainees. Ugwu…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven children have been killed in Niger in an air strike by the Nigerian army targeting “bandits”, a local governor and state media have said. Five more were hurt in the apparently accidental strike, the governor of Niger’s Maradi region told AFP. Governor Chaibou Aboubacar said four were killed instantly and three…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A prolonged fuel shortage in Nigeria, Africa’s top crude oil producer, has provoked growing frustration and many citizens are demanding government action. Authorities blamed the scarcity of fuel on the withdrawal of adulterated gasoline which the West African nation’s national oil company said was found to have been imported by four…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Religious police in Nigeria have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer in a crackdown on alcohol. The bottles were crushed into the ground by bulldozers in the northern city of Kano in front of crowds cheering “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great). The predominantly Muslim city is in one of several northern…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN said that the law will take its course in the cases involving separatist leaders Sunday Adeyemo popularly called Sunday Igboho and Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Malami said the Federal Government will not…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles technical director Austin Eguavoen has asked Nigerians to beg the leader of the INRI Evangelical Church, Oke Afa, Lagos, Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele. Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele in a video, monitored by SportsRation gave Nigeria certain conditions to follow for Super Eagles to be victorious against Ghana. Nigeria and Ghana…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About 400 ethnic nationalities in Nigeria on Thursday called on the Federal Government to be more proactive in dealing with the growing spate of insecurity in the country. According to them, Nigeria youths cannot continue to witness such mindless killing of Nigerians in their numbers on a daily basis. The nationalities under…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has been given a clean bill of health by Napoli doctor Gianpaolo Tartaro stating that the forward will soon be able to play without using a face mask and will surely be ready for the Super Eagles WC Playoff matches against Ghana next month. The Nigeria international…
