LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Disagreement amongst bandits over large herds of rustled cows has led the killing of a notorious terrorist, Nasiru Kachalla and his colleagues. Security agencies have confirmed to the Kaduna State Government the killing of Nasiru Kachalla. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, said on Monday that Kachalla, who […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 75-year-old man from Beit She’an died of a heart attack about two hours after being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus on Monday morning, the Health Ministry reported. The man had preexisting conditions and had suffered from heart attacks in the past, it said. Health Ministry director-general Chezy Levy has launched an […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Niger says 23 persons lost their lives when a truck fully loaded with dozens of cows and 45 persons, skidded off the road and somersaulted into a bush. The accident occurred at about 0500 hours along Bokani -Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state, according […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday decried the level of indiscipline among port players promised to tackle head-on, the menace of extortionist tendencies leveled against security personnel in Apapa environ. He announced the setting up of a special team by the state government to takeover traffic management from the disbanded […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Saudi court has sentenced a prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison. That’s according to local media that said Hathloul was charged with seeking to change the Saudi political system and harming national security. The trial has drawn international condemnation and poses an early […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The shutdown was to stop vibrations caused by movement of vehicles for contractors to cast concrete on additional three expansion joints in the ongoing rehabilitation of the bridge. NAN reports that the Third Mainland Bridge, which was going through series of repairs, had to be partially shut on July 24 for another […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has denied apologising to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), or anybody in the Presidency for inviting him to address Nigerians on the growing insecurity in the country. Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, issued the denial in a statement on […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations Prophet T. B. Joshua has denied saying Senator Orji Kalu would be Nigeria’s next president. The televangelist disowned the comment in a tweet early Monday. Joshua described it as “fake news”, adding that he has been at his prayer mountain since the past five […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Online publishers under the aegis of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) have bemoaned the death of their member, Mr Ben Bright-Mkpuma, publisher of Watchdog Reporters. Bright-Mkpuma, aged 52, died on Christmas Day in his sleep after battling kidney failure for five years. He was certified dead at Zenith Medical Centre, […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel on Sunday evening entered its third national lockdown since the start of the pandemic to beat back a resurgence of COVID-19. The lockdown began at 5 p.m. Sunday evening. Although declared to be two weeks with an option to extend, health officials have already warned it will likely go on for […]
