Archive for: January, 2020

Iran & US Crisis: IGP Places Nigeria Police On Red Alert

LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has placed Police Commands and Formations nationwide on red alert. This proactive measure follows an Intelligence report that sequel to the recent killing of an Iranian General; some domestic interests are planning to embark on massive public disturbances and sabotage. In a press statement by […]

Medical Doctor Recounts How She And Her Children Almost Died After Drinking ‘Agbo’

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)- “I almost died with my three children after taking ‘agbo’ meant to treat malaria and typhoid fevers. My children vomited and went pale. Their skins turned black,” says Dr. Chinemerum Okafor. This young doctor was reacting to a situation that would have led to the death of her children and, perhaps, […]

Police: Drunk Driver Kills Six German Tourists, Injures Eleven In Italy

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A drunk driver plowed into a group of young German tourists in northern Italy early Sunday, killing six people and injuring 11, Italian authorities said. The deadly crash occurred in a village near Valle Aurina, near Bolzano in the Alto Adige region, shortly after 1 a.m. as the Germans were gathering to […]

Protest Rock Northern Nigeria Over US Killing Of Iran General

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Less than 48hours after the death of Qasem Soleimani was announced by the Trump administration, hundreds of Nigerians in the northern part of the country took to the streets to protest his death. Armed with a banner showing shots of Soleimani in military wear and mufti, and inscribed with hateful texts against […]

Roadside Bomb Kills 14 School Children On Bus In Burkina Faso

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fourteen civilians, mostly schoolchildren, died Saturday when a roadside bomb blew up their bus in northwestern Burkina Faso, a security source told AFP. Four people were seriously hurt in the blast in Sourou province near the Mali border, the source added, as children returned to school after holidays. “The vehicle hit a […]

2020: Nigeria Faces Challenges of Politicking, Mounting Debt

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is due to complete his second and final four-year term in 2023 and the battle over who will succeed him is already heating up, placing further pressure on an already strained economy. Buhari has thus far shied away from endorsing his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, for the position, twice […]

US Military Confirms Somali Terror Group Attack On American Base In Kenya

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The U.S. military has confirmed to ABC News that there has been a terror attack on a military base in Kenya that houses some U.S. military personnel. The Somali terror group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack that Kenyan authorities said had been repelled with four militants killed in the fighting. […]

Obasanjo, Oni Of Ife, Lagos Monarch, Others To Attend 50th Anniversary Biafra-Nigeria War

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and erudite developmental economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, will headline the conference on the 50th anniversary of the Biafra-Nigeria War, News Express can report this morning. Themed “Never Again”, the conference is scheduled to hold on Monday, January 13, 2020, at Agip Recital Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. It being […]

FG Shuns Senate, Kick Starts Visa-On-Arrival Policy For Africans

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the objections raised by the Senate and reservations expressed by some Nigerians about its visa-on-arrival policy for Africans, the Federal Government has commenced the implementation of the new visa regime. Sunday PUNCH findings revealed that the visa-on-arrival policy commenced on January 1, as planned. Also, the Nigeria Immigration Service has deployed […]

Crime War: Joints South West Region Security Outfit Sets To Kick Off

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Western Region Of Nigeria Security Outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun (leopard).is  billed to be inaugurated in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, was the outcome of a security summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria for the region’s six governors last year to tackle the kidnappings, ritual killings and other violent […]

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