LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International has expressed deep concerns regarding the treatment of protesters and journalists in Abuja, Yobe and Port Harcourt. The human rights group condemned the attacks on demonstrators under the Take It Back Movement in these cities. Reports indicate that protesters, who have been actively demonstrating in Abuja, Lagos, and other major…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-LAGOS AUGUST)-The publisher of Neptune Prime newspapers, Dr Hassan Gimba has announced plans to commission three major projects in his home state, Yobe State. In an invitation letter sent to newsmen on Wednesday, the publisher disclosed that the event, which is scheduled to take place on August 31, is coinciding with the…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Nigerian youths have begun to attack properties owned by political leaders amid the ongoing nationwide protests against hardships and bad governance in the country. In videos seen on X on Tuesday, some youths were seen burning a mansion built by a serving House of Representatives member, Nazifi Sani Gumel, representing Gumel/Maigatari/Sule…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Youths in Damaturu, Yobe State, have vandalised a billboard erected to welcome President Bola Tinubu to the state for the launch of the Yobe State Agricultural Empowerment Programme. On Saturday, July 20, Vice President Kashim Shettima represented President Ginubu at the launch of the programmed in Damaturu. However, after the launch, youths…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two members of a kidnap gang were shot dead while others were said to have escaped with bullet wounds when men of the Adamawa State Police Command alongside hunters raided their hideout at a mountain in the state, the command announced on its X handle on Monday. During the raid on the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two days after the United States Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo visited Nigeria as part of U.S. efforts to strengthen economic ties between both countries and a day after President Bola Tinubu, presently in the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), advised Nigerians in abroad to return home, the U.S….
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In furtherance of his consultations with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders all over the country, former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday visited Bauchi, Borno and Gombe states. He also met with the delegates of Yobe State, who joined their Borno State counterparts in Maiduguri. Addressing the delegates, Obi’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the posting of CP Alabi Abiodun Sylvester to Lagos State Police Command as the new Commissioner of Police in-charge of the State. The IGP equally ordered the posting of CP Haruna Gabriel Garba and CP Tajudeen Akinwale Abass to Yobe and Benue…