LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGRS)-In the spirit of the Christmas season, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed two Executive Orders, with one commuting death sentences of three convicted inmates to life imprisonment and the other setting free six others. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen of the Inspector General of Police Special Tactical Squad (IGP – STS) attached to Ogun Police Command, have arrested four suspected armed robbers. The suspects identified as –Matthew Olagoke, Ahmed Abdulahi, Johnson Ojo and Adebanjo Bamidele were arrested in military uniform while on their way to rob a bank in Ekiti….
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian soldiers and members of a vigilante successfully repelled a Boko Haram attack on Biu in Southern Borno State, an official has said. An official of the Civilian-JTF, whose members fight alongside the military against the insurgents, told PREMIUM TIMES that 48 Boko Haram fighters were killed in the battle. The military…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Arik aircraft from Lagos to Port Harcourt on Wednesday morning made a return to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, over oil indication light in its cockpit. The aircraft had proceeded on the trip when the pilot in command noticed the indication light and as a safety precaution opted to return to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles star, Nwankwo Kanu, has been plunged into mourning following the death of Eniton, one of the beneficiaries of his philanthropy-based NGO, Kanu Heart Foundation. The former Nigerian international made the tragic announcement through his verified Twitter account on the eve of Christmas, Tuesday, December 24. Kanu, who referred the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram jihadists have killed seven people on Christmas Eve in a raid on a Christian village near the town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, local militia and residents told AFP Wednesday. Dozens of fighters driving trucks and motorcycles stormed into Kwarangulum late Tuesday, shooting fleeing residents and burning homes…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta has launched a manhunt in the creeks and waterways for the gunmen who attacked a gunboat stationed behind ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s residence in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. Major Jonah Unuakhalu Spokesman, Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe, who disclosed this on Tuesday,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services has finally complied with the court orders directing it to release the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from custody. Omoyele’s release came a few hours after the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), said in a statement on Tuesday that…