LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seventeen people kidnapped from a mosque on Tuesday have been freed after a ransom of N8.5 million. Gunmen invaded the community of Gwargwada-Sabo in Toto council area as Muslims were observing Isha’i prayers and whisked away 17 worshipers at gunpoint. Among them was a library staff with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther, have died a few hours apart having lived together in marriage for 72 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that their deaths, which occurred at Gbonagun Obantoko area of Abeokuta, had Mr. Akojede reported dead around 3:00 a.m….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian students sponsored abroad in 2018 for further studies by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Monday held a fresh protest over the non-release of funds for their scholarship for two years after being verified twice. The 94 scholars displayed placards with various inscriptions as they gathered in front of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Fowler, a long-time ally of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is currently being interrogated at the Lagos office of the EFCC. SaharaReporters recall that nine senior officials of the agency were detained by the EFCC over alleged multi-billion naira fraud in 2019. Fowler was sacked…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The #EndSARS protest has resumed in Abuja with the protest taken to the Force Headquarters and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The protest resumed on Sunday with leading activists: Omoyele Sowore, Deji Adeyanju, Raphael Adebayo and Sidney Usman, leading the charge. According to those who reacted to the development, the protest in Lagos…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An American pastor who urinated on a female passenger during a flight thinking he was using the bathroom has resigned his position. It was noted that the North Carolina pastor has now resigned from his post after he was accused of urinating on the female passenger during a flight. In reference to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, identified as Owolabi, and his son, Biodun, were on Sunday lynched by mob when the duo allegedly confessed that they were involved in the ritual killing of a 14-year-old boy, Kadiri, at Ajadi Area of General Gas, Akobo, Iyana Church Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, The boy, who was said to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels. NAN reports that besides…
