LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reported that a significant power outage caused by faulty transmission lines has plunged several northern states into darkness. In response, the federal government has established a six-member committee to investigate the ongoing national grid collapses and propose solutions within nine days. Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu,…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-After the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party is now facing a threatening wave of defection from the north, where it has its stronghold. Most chieftains who are northern lawmakers in both the red and green chambers are abandoning the party for other political platforms for similar…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18 (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a coalition of Northern Youth has begun an awareness campaign to gather support for Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Kano. The group under the auspices of Osinbajo Awareness Campaign (OAC) stated that it will mobilize 20 million youths across the 19 Northern states and Federal…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is in early lead in some of the Northern states. Expectedly in Katsina State where Buhari hails from, the APC presidential candidate cleared all the three local governments declared so far by INEC. The local councils are Daura, Matazu and Ingawa. In Daura LG, Dr Abdu Yau of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixteen Nigerian states have agreed to the establishment of cattle colonies proposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh as a solution to the incessant herdsmen crisis. It was gathered that some 16 states, all in the North, have volunteered land for the establishment of cattle colonies in…