LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A joint police task force on Tuesday was given a hot chase by aggrieved persons after an accident in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, according to eyewitnesses. The accident involved three suspected internet fraudsters, who were being chased by the police unit. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening at the East bypass […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African lady identified as @Misst_Thembs took to twitter to narrate how her husband poured petrol and set her ablaze during an argument. According to the lady, she got into an argument with her husband and he decided to pour petrol on their daughter and herself and locked them inside the […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-33-year-old operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), Sadiq Abdullahi Bindawa, has been killed by his suspected abductors after receiving the sum of N5 million as ransom. The deceased, who until his death, worked with the intelligence department of the service in Abuja, was kidnapped on Saturday at his residence behind […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Adviser to Mr. Peter Obi on Media, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, has debunked as fabrication by those he called “shameless and mindless ingrates”, the news circulating on social media claiming that the former Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fallen out with the party and its leaders due […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Panama say they have detained two Panamanian nationals who were travelling in a car carrying 79 packets of illegal drugs. Local media have identified one of the detained as the governor of Guna Yala, Erick Martelo. He has since been removed from office. The police said they had been acting […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-West African leaders met the head of Mali’s military junta on Tuesday to press for the return to civilian rule nearly a month after rebel officers seized power in the fragile state. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) slapped sanctions on Mali after the putsch, including closing borders and a […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja-bound train from Kaduna State was reportedly attacked by suspected bandits on Monday. The bandits, according to an eyewitness, barricaded the rail track in a bid to stop the train and possibly rob the travellers on board. The assailants were said to have shot repeatedly toward the driver of the train, […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the world celebrates International Democracy Day, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has identified corruption, insecurity of lives and property, and economic hardship as the greatest threats to Nigeria’s democracy. Obi, in a message to mark the 2020 International […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Edo state gears up to vote for a new governor in a few days, Nigerians have taken to the social media to discuss the just concluded gubernatorial debate held on Sunday. The gubernatorial debate was between the two major contenders, Governor Obaseki of the PDP and Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the APC. […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Department of State Monday announced more visa restrictions on Nigerians, who it said are undermining the democratic process by their actions. The Mike Pompeo-led USDOS in a statement on its website, said: the additional visa restrictions are on individuals for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa […]