19-Year-Old SUV Driver Hits Three Police Officers While Evading Checkpoint In Edo
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 19-year-old unlicensed driver, Nsikak Okon, has been arrested by the operatives…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 19-year-old unlicensed driver, Nsikak Okon, has been arrested by the operatives of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly knocking down three officers while evading police check. The incident, according to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, occurred along Iyekogba Estate Gate, Benin…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians are going through hell trying to process anything that has to do with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), especially the National Identification Number (NIN), which it issues to citizens. The commission, which was established by the NIMC Act No. 23 of 2007, has the mandate to establish, own, operate, maintain…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring his support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. Popularly known as Abba, he was formally received into…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three siblings who died in a fire outbreak at the Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) House on Martins Street, Lagos Island, were on Wednesday buried in their hometown of Uzoakwa community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims — Steve Omatu (40), Casmir Omatu (39), and Collins Omatu (37) —…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former international, Waidi Akanni says the Super Eagles failed to prepare for penalty shootout in their defeat to Morocco. The Atlas Lions edged out the Super Eagles 4-2 on penalities in their semi-final encounter in Rabat on Thursday night. Both teams could not be separated after 120 minutes of football. Morocco converted…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroonian Football Federation president Samuel Eto’o has been suspended for four games for alleged misbehaviour during his team’s loss to Morocco at the Africa Cup of Nations. The federation, known as FECAFOOT, said Wednesday that it had taken note of the decision from the disciplinary committee of the Confederation of African Football…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is leveraging the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) to translate climate commitments into tangible, fundable projects, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, told newsmen, yesterday, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). But Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, criticised President Bola Tinubu’s absence from the…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has delivered military supplies to Nigerian security agencies to bolster security operations in several parts of the country. This was disclosed in a post via X on Tuesday by the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). “U.S. forces delivered critical military supplies to our Nigerian partners in Abuja. This delivery…