Archive for: December, 2020

Bayelsa Gov Receives 10 Rescued Abducted Foreign Sailors, Assures Foreigners Of Safety

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, received 10 expatriates that were rescued by security agencies in the state from the den of kidnappers.  The foreign sailors were kidnapped on November 25 from their vessel along the Pennington River in neighbouring Delta State and brought into Bayelsa.  The governor’s Chief Press […]

Rivers Govt Takes Over Shell’s Facility After Supreme Court Judgement

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Government says it has secured the enforcement of her interest in the acquisition of 45 percent equity stake in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11 and Kidney Island in Port Harcourt. It said that the Island which was once used as Shell Petroleum Development Company operational base in Port Harcourt, […]

Finally, Nigeria Universities Lecturers Suspend Nine Months Old Strike

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its nine months old strike. ASUU National President Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the suspension early hours of Wednesday during a news conference at the end of the union’s emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting Wednesday in Abuja. Prof.  Ogunyemi, stressed that ASUU NEC […]

Father, Son, Grandson Arrested For Killing Suspected Kidnapper, His Daugher In Kano

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man identified as Adamu Musa, his son, Sule Mallam and grandson, Isyaku Sule for allegedly hacking their neighbour, who they claimed was a kidnapper, and his 5-year-old daughter to death. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Gomo Village, Sumaila Local Government […]

Gunmen Abduct Businessman, Set Police Van Ablaze In Kano

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed kidnappers on Wednesday abducted a business man in Minjibir town, about 50 kilometers from Kano city. The gunmen stormed the town around 1am, shooting sporadically around Masaka area of the town before abducting a businessman, Abdullahi Kalos. Witnesses told DAILY NIGERIAN that the gunmen also attacked policemen and burnt down their […]

Gunmen Abduct Corp Members, Shoot One To Death Along Abuja-Lokoja Road

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers along Lokoja-Abuja Highway have abducted members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on their way from Ede NYSC Orientation Camp, Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria.  The number of abducted corps members could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. Adenike Adeyemi, spokesperson of the NYSC could not […]

Afro Beat Star, Seun Kuti Arrested Over Shooting Incidence On His Street And Released

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti, who went to the Lagos Police Command on Tuesday morning over the security siege to his Ikeja residence, was reportedly arrested and detained. Sources close to The Movement of the People (MOP), a political platform he had been floating with some activists and youth organisations, that Seun Kuti […]

Ports Congestion: Forty Three Vessels Stuck In Lagos Waters

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 43 vessels laden with various goods are currently stuck in Lagos waters as congestion stalls operations at Nigeria’s busiest ports, the TinCan Island Port and Apapa Port in Lagos. The nation’s import and export dealing is, also, in shambles, as prevailing congestion at ports caused a spike in shipping […]

Nigeria Is At risk Of Becoming A Failed State ― Financial Times Editorial

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Financial Times has reported that Nigeria is at risk of becoming a failed state. According to an editorial published earlier on Tuesday, the UK-based newspaper said the spate of insecurity in the country shows that the Nigerian “the government is no longer in control.” With over 200 million people, Financial Times […]

Nigeria Records 999 COVID-19 Second Wave, Total Now 79,789

LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 999 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 79,789. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday. “On the 22nd of December 2020, 999 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in […]

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