LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The state Commissioner for social development and women affairs, Hajia Fatima Kabir-Buba, disclosed while addressing a news conference in Lokoja. She said that the destitute were evacuated from different parts of Lokoja, the state capital and returned to Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi and Zamfara States where they originally came from. According to…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected gunmen have abducted two sons of a former Commissioner in Zamfara, (North West Nigeria), Alhaji Bello Dankande, and two others, including an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC). The Spokesman of the State’s Police Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, told newsmen in Gusau, the State’s capital that the gunmen…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Enugu housewife, Mrs Josephine Nchetaka Chukwujama Eze, has caused a stir by promptly returning approximately N14 million wrongly paid into her account despite the current crushing economic conditions in Nigeria. Though the action has attracted both cheers and jeers, the mother of three has been declared a heroine by her husband,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court has sentenced notorious kidnap kingpin, Chikwudubem Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, to death. The court gave this judgement on Monday. Evans was arrested in June 2017 and arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping. The Lagos State Government had said Evans conspired on…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission says it will soon begin to clamp down on institutions awarding illegal degrees in the country. The Spokesperson of the Commission, Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Monday said the decision to clamp down on such institutions was reached when the management of…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed Boko Haram terrorists on Monday invaded Magumeri Local Government Headquarters of Borno state and firstly razed down the only functional telecommunications mast before setting ablaze other infrastructural facilities. Just last week, some terrorists invaded surrounding communities of Magumeri and displaced hundreds of farmers and herders, after killing six other with…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian music star, Wizkid, has ‘smiled’ his way into the ears of Barack Obama, making the former U.S. president’s 2020 summer playlist. Wizkid, whose real name is Ayodeji Balogun, is at No. 15 with his new single “Smile”, featuring American Grammy winner, H.E.R. Obama shared the selection with his followers on Twitter…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that the details of how he cleared off over N35 billion in arrears of pension and gratuity had never and could not be in dispute as all the actions he took as Governor were all properly documented and would be made available…
