Archive for: December, 2020

Customs intercepts 73 Guns, 891 Cartridges Hidden In Lorry Loaded With Bags Of Rice In Kebbi

The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Attah explained that officers of the NCS, Federal Operation Unit (FOU) zone B, who were on patrol along the waterside, had seized a truck loaded with locally produced rice. According to him, some sacks were concealed under the […]

Katsina Abduction: Escaped Student Tells BBC The Bo’ Experience Inside the Bush

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BBC Hausa has interviewed a 17-years-old boy that escaped while being conveyed to the bush. He said they initially ran but the abductors assembled them back claiming to be security agents. He said when they left the school, the abductors asked one of them to count them. They’re 520! The boy said […]

Another South Africa Football Star Dies In Auto-Crash

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa defender Motjeka Madisha died early Sunday after crawling out of a burning car wreckage following an accident, a club official told AFP. The 25-year-old star was one of two occupants of a car that went out of control, hit an advertising board and burst into flames in […]

Ex- Liverpool Manager, Gerard Houllier Passes On At 73

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gerard Houllier who managed Premier League sides Liverpool and Aston Villa has died at the age of 73. The Frenchman, who spent six years at Anfield, has passed away just days after a heart operation. According to the Irish Mirror, the news was confirmed in France initially by both L’Equipe and RMC.

‘Soldier, Civilian Die In Effort To Rescue Foreigner Abducted In Oyo’

LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Police Command says two bodies have been recovered while a gunshot victim is receiving treatment as efforts intensify to rescue one Hassan Mills, a foreigner who was kidnapped by gunmen. Mills was abducted at about 5pm on Saturday from Panorama Farm Mekun in the Oke Alaro area of Ibadan, […]

Lagos Police Dispute Dapo Ojora, Saraki’s In-Law Suicidal Death, Confirm Some Arrest

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has disputed earlier report on online  that Dr Bukola  Saraki’s In-Law, Dapo Ijora  committed suicide by shooting himself on his head in his house.  Contrary to the earlier report,  the Lagos State Police Command has affirmed that all evidences that they gathered in the scene where the […]

Uzodinma Describes Peter Obi As One Of The Best Political Leaders S/East Has Ever Produced

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has eulogised the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, describing him as one of the best and brightest political leaders the South East has ever produced. On his part, the Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, […]

Covid-19 Hits 18 Nigerian Army Generals That Have Contact With Dead Colleague

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 18 Nigerian Army generals have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), military sources told Channels Television on Sunday. The infected military officers were said to have had contact with late Major General Olu Irefin who died from COVID-19 complications last week. According to the sources, the affected senior army officers […]

Boss Mustapha, Wife Go Into Self-Isolation As Covid-19 Hits Family Members

LAGOS DECEMBER Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and Chairman, Presidential Task Force PTF on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, has gone into self-isolation after some members of his family tested positive for the virus. Mustapha, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday night, said he and his wife are currently negative, but […]

Protest Rocks Katsina Over Bandits Abduction Of School Boys

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a protest in Kastina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state. The protesters demanded the prompt rescue of students abducted by bandits on Friday night. The protest was led by a woman […]

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