LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man from Ghana has told the BBC how he was seized at gunpoint by jihadists in neighbouring Burkina Faso, before being taken to their vast desert camp where he gained a rare insight into their lives – from the children he believed were trained as suicide bombers, to the tunnels they…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After the Nigerian squad complained of being mistreated upon arrival, the Confederation of African Football, or CAF, announced that it will look into the factors that led to the Super Eagles calling off their Nations Cup qualifying match against Libya. After spending nearly a day in an abandoned airport, the Super Eagles…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police Force has granted the detained national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure bail. Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin City, the Edo State capital by operatives of Zone 5 Police headquarters, following a petition forwarded to the zone from the office of the Inspector General of Police…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Afrobeat singer and heir of the Anikulapo family, Seun Kuti who is on tour of Europe has not forgotten about his ordeal in the hands of policemen, for slapping a very gentle police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Seun Kuti, who is now relaxed said he went through hell…