LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 59 people have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in north-eastern Nigeria. Gunmen entered a remote village in the Gubio district of Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, killing dozens. The village was also razed, in what is believed to have been a reprisal attack, according to local reports. No…
By Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-With utmost dismay , exasperation and disbelieve I have watched and seen several video clips, and pictures on the social media and I have read several newspaper publications and listen to several radio and television Broadcast of how trailers loaded with hundreds of ALMAJIRIS enter into the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin, in the North-Eastern part of the country. It would be recalled that drilling of the Kolmani River II Well was flagged-off in a colourful ceremony by…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawmaker representing Niger State, honourable Adamu Chika, has emotionally expressed his worries about the level of insecurity in the North West zone in Nigeria. Chika voiced his concerns over the challenges the people have been facing in the last one year, adding that he scared to go home because he feels…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ijaw youths resident in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Thursday embarked on solidarity march in support of President Muhammadu Buhari re-election. The youths led by President of the Ijaw Youth Association in Northern Nigeria, Mr Eniyekeye Akasah had stormed the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) office on…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 45 people died in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria, a police official told Reuters on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents underscoring insecurity in parts of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria’s 2015 elections partly on promises to bring security to Africa’s largest economy…