Archive for: February, 2018

Biafra: Lagos Lawyer Drags FG, Others To Court Over Proscription Of IPOB

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has dragged the federal government and others to Federal High Court, Abuja over the proscription of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Joined as respondent in the suit marked as FHC/ABJ/CS/107/2018 are the president, attorneys general of the federation, National Assembly, Senate president, Speaker […]

Custom Officer Escapes Death, Butchered By Smugglers (PHOTOS)

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Customs officer with FOU zone A, identified as Musa M. M. was lucky to have escaped death as he was attacked and threatening life injuries inflicted on him by smugglers while on duty at ldiroko axis, the road linking Nigeria with Republic of Benin. The officer whose hand was seriously butchered […]

Succour For Female Student Who Jumps Off Fourth-floor To Escape Roasting In Hostel Inferno

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a fire on the fourth floor, and she jumped from the balcony, sustaining severe injuries on the concrete below. That is the fate of Miss Chidubem Nwankwo, a student of Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology (ASCOHSMAT) Aba, Abia State. Miss Nwankwo, who hails from Okigwe in […]

Ecobank Foundation Commits $750,000 For Eradication Of Malaria In Mozambique

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- As part of its partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Ecobank Foundation (http://EcobankFoundation.org) is donating US$ 750,000 to the Ministry of Health in Mozambique to help combat malaria in the country. The financial contribution will support a net distribution campaign, while also providing life-saving testing […]

3 Dead, 2 Injured As Lagos Task Force, ‘Okada Riders’ Clash In Lagos

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons were on Thursday feared dead when commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, and operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on the Environment clashed. The clash was said to have occurred on Isolo Road in Mushin area of the State when the Task Force members moved in to apprehend […]

Pastor, Alpha, Two Ritualists Arrested With Human Head And Hands

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Police Command has arrested four ritualist suspects with a human head and hands. Two of the suspects, Olapade Saheed, 32, and Olatunji Abiodun, 26, were said to have been arrested with the exhibits at Ayegun Area of the capital city by vigilante men. The human parts were severed from […]

United Kingdom To Accept Naira Payments From Nigerian businessmen

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom government, through its export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), says it will now accept naira payments from Nigerian business owners who make procurement in the UK. The UK department of international trade made this known in a statement sent to newsmen. The statement said the local currency financing […]

AIG Zone 5: Only 20% Of Nigeria Policemen Are Actively working

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Force Headquarters has launched an investigation into its personnel’s attitude to work. The probe it was gathered was aimed at solving the problems of lazy, unprofessional and mischievous policemen in the system. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Mr. Rasheed Akintunde, who dropped the hint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, […]

Extra-Judicial Killings: IPOB Drags Army Chief, IGP, Others To US Court

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dragged the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, and 14 other Nigerian officials to a United States of America District Court over alleged complicity in the extra-judicial killings of its members. IPOB alleged that the extra-judicial killings […]

FG To Wealthy Nigerians: Regularise Your Tax Status Or Face Serious Consequences

LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wealthy Nigerians who do not take advantage of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) to regularize their tax status, would face serious consequences, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has warned. According to her, the Federal Government has compiled data on property, bank accounts, shareholdings and other income sources […]

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