LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s armed forces have dismissed suggestions that they should take over from President Muhammadu Buhari, who is facing mounting pressure over the country’s worsening insecurity. It was not the first time Nigeria’s armed forces have issued a statement backing Buhari, but the latest has come after weeks of criticism of the 78-year-old…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad’s president of three decades died of wounds suffered during a visit to front-line troops battling a shadowy rebel group, the military announced Tuesday, as the insurgents vowed to take the capital in what could become a violent battle for control of the oil-rich Central African nation. The military quickly named President…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government is poised to take over the running of the city of Liverpool this week after a string of corruption allegations, The Telegraph can disclose. The expected decision by the Local Government secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene in the running of one of the UK’s biggest cities is unprecedented in modern…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Travelers, especially commercial bus drivers plying the Benin-Agbor and Benin-Auchi roads have expressed fears over the activities of kidnappers and bandits who have taken over the Benin bypass and adjourning roads. Last week, gunmen abducted a man conveying a corpse for burial from Lagos to Enugu. During the attack at Ahor, along…