LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Investigative Panel (IPP) probing rights violation by operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has ordered the police to produce the Commander of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Insurgents have attacked Tumur Town, a community in Niger Republic, which houses more than 40,000 refugees from Nigeria, Daily post reports. The attack on Sunday according to some refugees, who called their relatives in Maiduguri, was very bloody, leaving over 51 people dead and causing many damages of property, including animals. Most…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian monarchs have asked the military why it cannot occupy Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region still housing Boko Haram insurgents. Speaking on Monday, the Sultan of Sokoto and Co-Chairman of National Council of Traditional Rulers, Sa’ad Abubakar, who led other top monarchs to Maiduguri to condole with the government and people…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has approved Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion loan. In a statement on Tuesday, the Bretton Wood institution said the facility is a five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) that will last from 2021 to 2024. “This country partnership framework will guide our engagement for the next five years in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shema is multi-millionaire oil mogul. His mother was recently kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded for 100 million Naira as ransom. After tough negotiations, 20 million naira was agreed upon as ransom. The kidnappers also gave condition that the ransom should be mint; new notes. The millionaire approach CBN. He got new money to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group that abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria six years ago, has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of students in north-western Katsina state last week. In an audio tape released on Tuesday, Abubakar Shekau said: “Our brothers were behind the abduction in Katsina.”…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)has earmarked N807 million for the rehabilitation of a portion of its building that was burnt during the #EndSARS protests. Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman made this known in Abuja during the agency’s 2021 budget defence before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport. According to the NPA Boss,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Northern elders have lamented over insecurity in the northern part of the country, saying that the zone is no longer safe for habitation. The elders, under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development, disclosed this in a statement by its National Coordinator, Engr Zana Goni and National Women…