LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Teeming supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) booed the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, at the Sani Abacha Stadium, venue of the inauguration ceremony for the new governor. Immediately, the first-class monarch arrived the venue, angry crowed started shouting on top of their voices. A similar treatment was…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, was arrested in Kenya, his younger brother, Emmanuel, has claimed Many versions of where he was ‘intercepted’ up have continued to crop up on social media with so many countries named. But Emmanuel, in a statement on Wednesday, claimed his elder…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has confirmed his younger brother Tene Birahima Ouattara as minister of defence, part of a slate of new appointments announced on Tuesday. The new defence minister will have to contend with Islamist violence spilling over from Burkina Faso in the north, and continue reforms that have calmed…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– With reports reaching us, the Dan Iyan of Kano who is the district head of Dawakin kudu, Yusuf Bayero, has died in the early hours of Sunday. Yusuf was said to have died after a protracted illness. A source in the Kano emirate confirmed his death. He is a younger brother…