LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Hunters Association of Nigeria in Adamawa State stormed the streets of the state capital, Yola, on Tuesday, protesting the death of a member following alleged beating by policemen. The hunters alleged that the deceased, Awal Babaiyali, was taken away for questioning by the police allegedly over a stolen car, […]
By Dr. Mudashiru Olaitan LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Mudashiru Olaitan is currently the Director of the Development Finance Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He is charged with the responsibility of implementing the development finance initiatives which involves the formulation and implementation of various policies, innovation of appropriate products and creation of enabling environment for […]
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two of France’s richest families pledged a total of €300 million on Tuesday to help rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral, ravaged by a catastrophic fire that destroyed its spire and most of the roof. Members of the public were also donating money in response to appeals by France’s heritage foundation, the Fondation du Patrimoine […]
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWRANGERS)-A kidnapped victim along Benin-Ore has alleged that the frequent abduction of travelers along the the Benin-Ore expressway specially by Igbogi community is organised by a cartel made up of some security personnel, hawkers along the road and some influential people within the area. The victim was kidnapped on Friday close to […]
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting in Maitama on Monday sentenced a social media activist, Ibrahim Wala, popularly known as IG Wala, to 12 years imprisonment. Mr Wala, a social media activist, was arraigned following a petition filed by the chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, […]
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A High court sitting in Awka has discharged and acquitted two remaining suspects standing trial for alleged involvement in the killing of worshipers in a church in Ozubulu, Anambra state. In a ruling that lasted for over three hours, Justice Fidelis Aniukwu ruled that the prosecution counsel was unable to prove beyond […]
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is no news that no fewer than 23 Nigerians are on the death row in Saudi Arabia. The news however is that out of the twenty three Nigerians waiting for execution in Saudi Arabia because of hard drug related offences, seventeen of them are from the Yoruba tribe of Western Nigeria. […]
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Alasiya in Abraham Adesanya Estate area, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, were thrown into panic on Sunday as a suspected clash by rival cults left five corpses on the streets. Eyewitnesses, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, said the clash started around midnight, adding that two of […]
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the police officers who fatally shot at a couple on Saturday morning in Ajegunle, Lagos, “escaped” after the incident and has been declared wanted, the police have said. Bala Elkana, the Lagos police spokesperson, said five officers are now in custody following the incident. The deceased, identified as Ada Ifeanyi, […]
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons connected with the kidnapping of Friday Okeregbe, a Channels TV reporter, have been arrested. The police made this known on Sunday in a statement by spokesman, Frank Mba, adding that other members of the abduction gang are still at large. The suspects, all males, were identified as Hanniel Patrick, 29 […]
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