LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Five ministers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been abducted on their way to attend the church’s Ministers’ Conference in Lagos. The General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye announced the abduction on Friday while giving a talk at the Redeemed Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Pastor Adeboye […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed bandits have killed two soldiers at Dogon Dawa village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Two civilians including a youth leader were also killed by the assailants during a siege that lasted several hours on Thursday. The One Division of the Nigerian Army has yet to confirm […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The parish priest of St. James the Great Catholic Church, Ugbawka, Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen. Fr. Offu was killed late Thursday at Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu. The Communication’s Director of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Rev. Fr. Benjamin Achi, has confirmed […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police have arrested two suspected fraudsters who impersonated officials of the Nigeria Customs Service auctioneers on Facebook and other social media sites. Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT ) who arrested the suspects have warned members of the public to be wary of fraudsters who […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has come under fire for stacking his new cabinet with ageing party loyalists despite hopes he might opt for more technocrats in his final term. The senate this week approved the list of 43 ministers after the former military ruler finally settled on their names some two months […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Military High Command on Thursday decried what it described as a misinformed publication and a figment of the imagination of Wall Street Journal alleging that secret burial sites where troops killed by Boko Haram are buried silently exist, noting that the writer of the publication lacks knowledge of military valued ethos, […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWRANGERS)-Members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shiites, have said they are ready to die protesting the detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky by the government. This is even as they disowned the statement by their spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, announcing the suspension of their protests following […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has said that cattle rustlers and armed bandits have been granted amnesty by the Northwest governors as part of measures to restore peace in the zone. Mr Masari made the disclosure in a communique read at the end of a one-day security and reconciliation meeting with […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa-based lawyer, Barr. Timila Jenkins Okponipere has raised an alarm over imminent outbreak of cholera and other waterborne diseases in some Bayelsa communities. Okponipere made his position known following the pollution of the entire coastline of Brass and surrounding environment with the blood of a dead decomposing Whale which has washed ashore. […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The number of air travellers has increased recently over insecurity in many parts of the country, Daily Trust can report. This has also resulted in marginal hike in air fares, random checks by our correspondent have shown. The routes where passengers’ turnout has recorded influx in recent times are the South East […]
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