Archive for: February, 2018

No School Girl Was Rescued, Yobe Governor Faults Military Claim

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Yobe state Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, has faulted the claim by the Nigerian Army that it rescued some of the girls of the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe state, who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on Monday. It would be recalled that on Wednesday night, Abdullahi Bego, Spokesman to […]

Moderate Alcohol Drinking Improves Longevity-Research

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-When it comes to making it into your 90s, booze actually beats exercise, according to a long-term study. The research, led by University of California neurologist Claudia Kawas, tracked 1,700 nonagenarians enrolled in the 90+ Study that began in 2003 to explore impacts of daily habits on longevity. Researchers discovered that subjects […]

Angry Mob Beat Armed Robber Posing As PHCN Staff To Death

LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An armed robber posing as PHCN was beaten to death by angry mob in Kano, following a failed robbery operation. According to reports, the deceased and his gang had posed as a PHCN staff, to gain access into a lady’s house. They reportedly asked for her electricity bill and in the process, […]

Peter Obi: Nigeria Needs Wealth Creators In Govt, Not Wealth Sharers

LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria needs to have wealth creators managing her affairs and not wealth sharers, if the country is to make any meaningful progress. He made this submission during a recent media chat in Lagos, during which he was asked to share his thoughts […]

Rescued Yobe Student: I’ll Go Back To School If Burutai Becomes Gateman

LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Faiza Mohammed, one of the girls who escaped Boko Haram attack, at Government Girls’ Science and Technical College Dapchi says she will not go back to school except the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai becomes the gateman of the school. Faiza speaking to newsmen, stressed the need for authorities […]

Bayelsa Youths Protest Civil Defense Official Shooting Of Vigilante

By Amos OKioma LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A team of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in the early hours of Tuesday shot a neighborhood watch member in Ikarama, Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa and subsequently trigged a youth protest. It will be recalled that an operative of the NSCDC had in 2017 shot at […]

How Jonathan Engineers Mass Decamping Of APC Loyalists To PDP In Bayelsa

LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-If the political gist making the rounds in Bayelsa state is anything to go by, then it is assumed that former president Goodluck Jonathan is behind the decamping of former members of All Progressive Congress, APC, to the PDP in Bayelsa state. Political analysts in Yenagoa stated that Dr, Jonathan is desperate […]

Celebration In Gaidam Town As Rescued Yobe Schoolgirls Arrive

LAGOS FEBRUAY 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Heavy celebration in Gaidam town as residents defied 9:00pm curfew hour to welcome the rescued schoolgirls. In anticipaton of the arrival of the Yobe school girls children, men, women including house wives lined up on the Maine-Sorroa Street where they received the schoolgirls amidst cheers. The children rallying on bicycles were chanting a […]

3 Pupils Confirmed Dead After Eating Birthday Biscuits In Abuja School

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three pupils of the LEA primary school, Kubwa, Abuja, have been confirmed dead after allegedly eating biscuits shared by a student during school hours. .According to DailyTrust, the late students identified as Na’imat Yahaya, 14, and Yahaya Garba, 14, both in primary four, died after returning to their homes. […]

Adamu Fired As Chairman Of Northern Senators Forum Over Mismanagement Of N70m

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Abdullahi Adamu has been removed as the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum over the mismanagement of N70 million. Senator Shehu Sani said it was alleged that some monkeys took the money belonging to the northern senators. The letter of Adamu’s removal was read on the floor of the Senate. Senator […]

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