Archive for: August, 2018

Suicide Bomber Attempt To Bomb Egypt Church Thwarted

LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man wearing an explosives belt attempted to attack a Coptic Christian church north of Cairo but failed to enter before blowing himself up, Egyptian security officials said Saturday. The man tried to enter the church in Mostorod district in Qaliubiya province with churchgoers but eightened security around the church prevented him […]

Fear Grips PDP Presidential Aspirants Over Mass Defection From APC

LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There seems to be an uneasy calm in the opposition Peoples Democratic (PDP) following massive defections, particularly, from the ruling All Progressives Part (APC). This is because, most of the defectors, particularly, the bigwigs are said to be nursing presidential ambitions, which will surely swell the bourgeoning number of aspirants in the […]

Junior Police Officers Cry Out Over Injustice In Promotion

LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Junior officers of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) comprising of those of the rank of Inspectors and below have decried high level of injustice in the promotion exercise carried out by the force headquarters recently. The concerned officers alleged that rather than following due processes, the promotion was lopsided and was based […]

Imo Police Arrest Fake U.S. Soldier Over Alleged Fraud

LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Imo State Police Command has arrested a man who they claimed is an American citizen and self-acclaimed U.S. soldier for impersonation and fraud. The suspect, identified as Garrick Michael Slack, was paraded on Saturday at the command headquarters in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, told […]

Police Rescues Kidnapped Passengers In Rivers State

LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers of the commercial bus which was hijacked last week by suspected kidnappers have been rescued. A senior police officer from the anti-cultism unit of the Rivers State Police Command who led the operation in collaboration with operatives of IGP Monitoring Unit in the state said all occupants of the diverted vehicle […]

NHRC Records One Million Human Right Violation In Two Years

LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Human Right Commission (NHRC), on Saturday, said it recorded about one million cases of human rights violations in the country between 2017 and 2018. Mr. Anthony Ojukwu, the NHRC Executive Secretary, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen at a Judicial Actors Coalition meeting in Maiduguri. Ojukwu attributed the numerous […]

Tragedy: Magistrate, Son, Relation, Driver Die In Auto-Crash At Ekpoma

LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Magistrate Banji Ayeomoni of Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State, together with his son Dara, another relation and his driver were reported dead in an inferno caused by a petrol tanker spillage in Ekpoma. An official of the court, who spoke on condition of anonymity said the incident happened on Friday night […]

One Killed, Two SDP Agents Shot As Crisis Rocks Kogi By Election

LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person has been killed at NEPA polling center, Lokoja while two agents of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) were also shot by suspected political thugs in the ongoing by-election for Kogi/Koto-Karfe federal constituency. Report has it that some political thugs invaded the polling center to hijack the ballot boxes and one […]

Bear Market Hits Nigeria Stock Exchange As Politics, EM Woes Deter Traders

LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s stocks entered a bear market as worsening political tensions and an emerging-market sell-off caused foreign investors to shun assets in Africa’s biggest oil producer. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index fell 2.2 percent to 35,446.47 by the close in Lagos, the commercial capital, bringing the decline since its 2018 high […]

How Police Foil Edo Bloody Bank Robbery Attack

LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo how combined force of Policemen, who were on guard duty foiled armed robbery bank attack on a bank in Igarra, in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. He disclosed that three of the armed robbers were killed during a gun duel. While […]

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