LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Plateau State Police Command have arrested the gunmen who reportedly killed a University of Jos lecturer, Dr Nendi Drengkat. The gunmen attacked the University of Jos Staff Quarters on Friday night, shot dead Dr. Drengkat and kidnapped his 6-year-old daughter, Joanna Drenkat. They later called the family asking for N10 million ransom. The…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant (Electronic Media), to Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, is dead. Nwakaudu’s death was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, in Port Harcourt on Sunday. According to Nsirim, Gov. Wike has expressed shock over the incident. The statement quoted Wike…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria International, Sunday Eboigbe has written the Nigeria Football Federation and the Sports Minister, Sunday Dare to save his life stating that “he is dying”. The Super Eagles strongman famously known for his central-defensive partnership with Bright Omokaro at the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) said he needs help to…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Electrical and Electronics experts have called on the Nigerian government to adopt the 5G mobile technology now so that the country would not be left out of the ongoing global technological industrialisation and development. They made the call at a 5G Health Symposium webinar organised by the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-They’re partying like it’s 2019. Lockdown-weary New Yorkers ditched the distancing to get social instead this weekend — transforming parts of the Big Apple into a raucous, late-season Mardi Gras. Yet the city’s COVID-be-damned attitude was nothing compared with the scene in Belmar, NJ, a beach popular with Staten Islanders and Brooklynites….
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have attacked the University of Jos Staff Quarters located along Bauchi Road in Jos, Plateau State capital, and shot dead a lecturer identified as Dr Nendi Drengkat. It was learnt that the gunmen also kidnapped his six-year-old daughter during the incident which occurred on Friday night. The Chairman of the…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China’s Ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead inside his official residence on Sundaymorning, a spokeswoman for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN. At this stage, the 57-year-old’s death is not being treated as suspicious. Police are outside the ambassador’s residence in Herzliya — to the north of Tel Aviv…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some foreign airlines are allegedly planning to resume flights to Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt airports despite the ban on international commercial flights by the Federal Government in a bid to halt COVID-19 spread. Although some of the airlines said their plans could change, it was learnt on Saturday that some of…