LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Thursday, asked the Department of State Services and other security agencies to probe an alleged plot to unleash mayhem on Igbo residents in Lagos if the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu loses the February 25 poll. HURIWA, in a statement…
LAGOS MATCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Iyaganku chief magistrate court in Ibadan, Oyo capital, has ordered that Iskilu Wakili, a Fulani leader in the state, be remanded in a correctional facility. Wakili was arrested by the Oodua Peoples Congress and other security outfits in Kajola, Ibarapa area of the state, and subsequently handed over to the police….
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed that it has in its detention three members of the Odua People’s Congress who were part of the team that arrested notorious Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, on Sunday morning. The spokesman of the Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, adding that…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hours after its inauguration, the Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), on Thursday, January 8, has kicked against the formation of ‘Operation Amotekun’ in the southwest zone of the country. Daily Trust reports that the national president of NYCN, Isah Abubakar, in a statement issued in Kaduna, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, not…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Western Region Of Nigeria Security Outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun (leopard).is billed to be inaugurated in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, was the outcome of a security summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria for the region’s six governors last year to tackle the kidnappings, ritual killings and other violent…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the DSS operatives rescued 14 passengers kidnapped by gunmen at Ajeogun Junction between Otan Ile and Imesi Ile in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Abiodun Ige, said all the victims abducted on Sunday evening by gunmen…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD {NEWSRANGERS)-Top-notch member of Odua People’s Congress(OPC) in Osun State and personel of Nigeria police have declared manhunt for suspected Fulani herdsmen who abducted fourteen passengers in Osun state. The suspected Fulani herdsmen were reported to have kidnapped about fourteen passengers at Ajeoku junction, along Otan-ile-Okemesi road in Obokun Local Government of Osun…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen in Osun state to fish out the criminals among them. The leader of OPC in Osun state, Leke Akintayo, gave the ultimatum in Osogbo, on Tuesday, at a peace meeting with the leaders of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association…