LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on yesterday, shot and killed a young man at about 08:00am in Abule-Egba area of Lagos State. The boy, identified to be Toheeb Olayiwola, boarded a public bus to convey him to his place of work but was hit on his head when customs officers…
LAGOS JANURY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two expatriates – an American and a Canadian – have been kidnapped. Mukhtar Aliyu, Spokesman of Kaduna Police Command, while confirming the incident to our reporter on Wednesday, said two police escorts attached to the expatriates were also killed in a gun battle to save the expatriates. The incident occurred along around…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daphne Caruana Galizia, a prominent Maltese journalist and blogger who made repeated and detailed corruption allegations against Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s inner circle, was killed by a car bomb on Monday. Muscat condemned the killing as a “barbaric” act and ordered security services to devote maximum resources to bringing those responsible to…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A victim of Monkeypox receiving treatment at the quarantine centre in the Niger Delta University Hospital (UNDTH), Okolobiri has committed suicide. It was gathered that the victim, whose name was not disclosed took his life in the early hours of yesterday. The Bayelsa State government confirmed the development in a press conference…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Mpape, on Tuesday, remanded the duo of Fidelis Anosike (first defendant) and his brother Noel Anosike, Publisher of Daily Times and Managing Director respectively , in prison custody over alleged N100million fraud. They were remanded at Kuje prison. They were sent to prison after they…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Iddo quarters of Okpella in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State on Monday evening following an explosion which rocked three apartments and sent many inhabitants running for safety. Reports had it that one of the apartments, which was said to be occupied by some men from…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shipowners and other stakeholders in the maritime sector are on the verge of getting the desired change in trade terms from Free On Board (FOB) to Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF) which would enable them to begin to lift Nigeria crude and ultimately boost indigenous capacity. The development was a fall out…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has directed security agencies in the state to search for explosives following the explosion that rocked Okpella community of the state. Obaseki gave the directive after listening to the traditional ruler of Okpella, His Royal Highness, Okuokpellagbe of Okpella, Alhaji Andrew Dirisu, and chiefs from the different…