LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Elders in the Diaspora, under the aegis of the Yoruba Council of Elders in Europe and America, have petitioned the United Nations (UN) against the prevailing security situation in Nigeria, calling on the international body to prevent every attempt to foist Fulani dominance in the country, a situation they say may…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation writes Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres of the United Nations to live up to its responsibility to protect defenceless innocent Nigerians from imminent genocide by averting same. The Foundation drew the attention of the United Nations that sequel to the suspension of the RUGA settlement policy on Wednesday, the 3rd…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Imo State chapter, has threatened to drag President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Nations should he continue with his Ruga policy for herdsmen in the country. A report on Monday morning on Vanguard quoted Imo State Secretary of CAN, Reverend Eches Divine Eches, as alleging in…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said it would petition the United Nations and other global democratic institutions on the role of the military and the killings of Nigerians during the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 23. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who briefed the media after…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of prominent media and freedom of expression organizations across the continent, today condemned the October 2, 2018 gruesome murder of renowned Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, saying a country that indulges in such barbaric behaviour ought…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Saturday commiserated with the family of Kofi Annan, the United Nations, the government and people of Ghana on the demise of former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Annan at the age of 80. Annan was the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work winner….
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing of former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the early hours of Aug. 18. A statement issued by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Saturday, said Buhari had earlier…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, is among Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) experts scheduled to speak at the Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development holding at the World Conference Centre, Bonn, Germany, from Wednesday to Friday, March 21-23, 2018. A statement made available globally by UN SDG Office disclosed…