Archive for: March, 2018

Gunmen Invade Oyo-Kwara Hghway,Kidnap Travelers

LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Social and economic activities between Kwara and Oyo states have been paralysed since Sunday following the invasion of Ilorin-Igbeti highway by gunmen. Several travellers have fallen victims of the hoodlums who allegedly kidnapped and collected huge ransom from their victims, Dailytrust reports. News of the invasion first emerged on Wednesday last week, […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

2017/18 Season: SWAN Lectures Bayelsa Football Clubs On How To Gain Promotion

By Amos Okioma,Yenagoa LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-History was made in Bayelsa state as the management of Bayelsa Queen Football and Bayelsa United Football Club and the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria ( SWAN ) plan to build synergy on how the two clubs would use the media to gain promotion ahead of the NNL/NWFL 2017/2018 […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in Sports,State | Read More »

Ex-NNPC Staff To Die For Killing 22-Year-Old Daughter’s Boyfriend

LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar on Wednesday sentenced a retired worker of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Godwin Elewana, to death by hanging. Elewana was found guilty of the murder of the 22-year-old boyfriend of his daughter, Douglas Ojugbo. He killed Ojugbo on March 10, 2015 over suspicion that […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Police Man Sentenced To Death For Extra-Judicial Killing

LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced Police Sergeant Jilla Lannubo to death by hanging for extra-judicial killing. The policeman was arraigned for the extrajudicial killing of one Oruyegha Grand in the Agudama area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on May 13, 2017. Lannubo, a native of Bokos […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Nigeria, South Africa Abstain As 44 African Countries Sign Trade Treaty Pact

LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The two biggest economies in Africa, Nigeria and South Africa, were wednesday conspicuously absent as 44 leaders of African countries signed a deal to create one of the world’s largest free trade blocs. The agreement was signed at a summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, according to the BBC. It is hoped the […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in Business,State | Read More »

Bayelsa: Suspected Cultists Set Police Station Ablaze

LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected cult members on Tuesday set ablaze the Oporoma Police Division in Southern Ijaw Local Governmemt Area of Bayelsa in desperation to free a detained member of their gang. It was gathered that the cult member who was on Police wanted list for various crimes including kidnapping, sea robbery, armed robbery and acts […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Photo Of Dapchi Residents Waving At Boko Haram Convoy After Release Of Abducted Girls Emerge

LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram members on Wednesday freed dozens of abducted Dapchi school students. The fully armed sect members who returned the girls moved into the town in a number of vehicles. A photo showing the convoy leave the community has emerged. This is contradictory toMinister Of Information, Mr Lai Mohammaed statement whch disclosed that […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

UNICEF Delighted Over Release Of Dapchi Girls, Promises To Render Support

LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it’s delighted that the girls abducted on 19 February 2018 from a school in Dapchi, Yobe state, northeast Nigeria were returned safely to their families. The Nigerian government confirmed early on Wednesday that 105 girls out of the 110 abducted have gained their freedom while five […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

PDP: Kidnap And Release Of Dapchi Girls Is A Scam Of No Equal Dimension

LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has described the events leading to the kidnap and release of the Dapchi schoolgirls by the Boko Haram insurgents as a scam by the APC-led government. The Presidency confirmed the release of 101 out of 110 schoolgirls kidnapped from the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Zuckerberg Finally Speaks On Facebook Scandal

LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that his company “made mistakes” in protecting user data obtained by Cambridge Analytica, but said steps already taken and new policies unveiled Wednesday would prevent developers from misappropriating such information in the future. Part regret, part explanation and part announcement of strategies to come, Zuckerberg’s first […]

Mar 22 2018 | Posted in International,State | Read More »
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