LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos state government has alerted residents downstream of the Ogun River of the likelihood of experiencing flood this month (October). The government then directed residents of about 18 areas to relocate immediately. In a statement, spokesperson for the ministry of environment, Kunle Adeshina, identified the affected areas as Alagbole, Agboyi I,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military is urging people in three northwestern states to leave forested areas ahead of a bombing campaign targeting bandits and terrorists, according to local broadcast stations and a military official. An advertisement running on local television and radio stations warned people in Zamfara, Katsina and the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Department on Saturday ordered non-essential diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Chad to leave the African nation due to potential insurgent attacks on the capital. In addition to non-essential embassy staff, the department also ordered the families of American personnel stationed there to leave because armed groups appear to be…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly frowned at a comment a group based in Sokoto, “Muslim Solidarity Forum, calling on the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah to tender an unreserved apology to the entire Muslim Ummah over his recent “malicious comments” against Islam, or quietly and quickly leave the…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than one thousand intending personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who reported for screening and documentation at the agency’s training camp in Jos vacated their hostels on Tuesday as there was no official to attend to them. Some of the applicants, who were stranded, were seen with their…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has been called upon to “quickly and quietly leave the seat of Caliphate” or immediately stop his malicious vituperations against Islam and Muslims and tender unreserved apology to the Muslim Ummah. Significantly, the call from the Muslim Solidarity Forum, Sokoto, in a press statement,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Separatist group, Biafra Zionists Federation (BZF) on Tuesday asked Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State to vacate office within two weeks. The group gave the ultimatum through its self-acclaimed President, Benjamin Onwuka. The group also faulted the prophecy of Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, stressing “God deals with facts not…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Experts have warned tourists in the United Arab Emirates and Iraq to leave ‘immediately’ amid rising tensions between Iran and the US. The comments come after President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iran’s major general Qasem Soleimani, by launching an airstrike on Baghdad International Airport. Mr Trump claimed the country’s second…