LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pandemonium broke out in the Itori town of Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday after a missing one-year-old girl, Janet Ajayi, was found dead inside a well. PUNCH Metro learnt from the Ogun State Police Command that Ajayi, who had been missing since January 6, 2023, was found dead […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Malam Mele Kyari has humbly appealed to stakeholders, Nigerians and all parties concerned to refrain from issuing congratulatory messages on his reappointment. Kyari in a statement signed by Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC Limited, Olufemi O. Soneye made available […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wanted Cult kingpin, Gift David Okpara, alias 2 Baba, has reportedly killed five people in his Odiemerenyi community of Ahoada-East local government area of Rivers State. The cult kingpin and members of his gang allegedly gunned down the five people in the early hours of Sunday Monday in the community, PM NEWS […]
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The junta in Niamey, Niger Republic has started feeling the heat of the sanctions imposed on it by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The ECOWAS imposed the sanctions following the forceful take over of power from the democratically-elected president of the country, Mahamed Bazoum. The sanction are effected by […]
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices eased on Monday as concerns about China’s faltering economic recovery and a stronger dollar weighed against seven weeks of gains on tightening supply from OPEC+ output cuts. Reuters report that Brent crude futures fell 73 cents, or 0.84%, to $86.08 a barrel by 0330 GMT while U.S. West Texas […]
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making it a crime to abuse them or send them away from communities. The new law was suggested after a 90-year-old woman was lynched in Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region in July 2020, drawing […]
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The plane carrying the security personnel and press crew of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was detained due to the presence of “dangerous materials” and “undeclared persons” on board, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The crew has been in Warsaw for the second day in a row due to alleged […]
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- As acrid smoke filled the air, turning the sky around her sleepy hometown, Fox Creek, Alberta, a garish blood orange, Nicole Clarke said she felt a sense of terror. With no time to collect family photographs, she grabbed her two young children, hopped into her pickup truck, and sped away, praying […]
AGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSSRANGERS)-Nigerians are to report police personnel who demand permits for tinted glasses at checkpoints in any part of the country, the Force Headquarters has said. The acting Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this in a series of tweets on Sunday. He was informing the public on the documents to be […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian humour merchant, Basketmouth, has called for the return of cowries as a legal tender. Reacting to the current exchange rate, the comic act put together a photo collage consisting of all the Nigerian currency from N5 to N1000 notes and noted the total sum is less than $5. He wrote: […]
