LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested an herbalist, who allegedly killed his lover and sold her body parts to different herbalists, Muslim clerics and pastors for ritual at the rate of N1000 per part. IRT Operatives, led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Philip Osondu, who was the star boy of Nigeria’s Under-17 Golden Eaglets’ exploit in Canada in 1987, is dead. He reportedly died in Belgium at the age of 48 after taking self to the hospital to be examined on Thursday. According to the Nation, Osondu was said to have felt unwell at…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed have formally committed their organisations to work more closely together. The two leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding today at the Commonwealth’s headquarters in Marlborough House, London. The document outlines how the two organisations will work together on pressing global issues…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS-Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was on Friday morning placed under temporary house arrest as the police prevented him from attending the planned APC mega rally in Benin. It will be recalled that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu had on Thurdsay suspended the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragedy occurred in the Gajaja community in Danbatta local government area of Kano state on Thursday, December 12, when a 16-year old bride identified as Fatima Abubakar, fell inside a well and drowned while preparing for her wedding ceremony. Premium Times, citing a report in BBC Hausa, stated that the bride…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Nigerian journalists have been killed in a motor accident on Wednesday night on Airport Road, Uyo, Akwa Ibom, South-South Nigeria. The journalists were said to be heading for a marriage ceremony of one of their colleagues when the accident occurred. The deceased reportedly worked for Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation, publishers of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man alleged to be mentally unstable was burnt to death by members of his community after he killed 9 people, 7 of whom are family members. The man identified as Chigozie Orusa was burnt to death after he killed 9 people in Nempi, Oru west local government area Imo state. According…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (EWSRANGERS)-Nigerian man with unbelievable skills Abaeze Atuche has done the Impossible and has been arrested for it.. He allegedly hacked the website of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Atuche allegedly gave all members of his family and 15 of his friends permanent American citizenship. No details yet as to how…