Archive for: February, 2021

Boko Haram Kidnaps Three Nigerian Customs Officers

LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have been abducted by Boko Haram in an attack on a Yobe volatile town. Some Boko Haram invaded Geidam, about 130 kilometres to Damaturu, the state capital on Tuesday evening, firing several shots for nearly half an hour, residents said. Security […]

Afro Beat Legend Fela Kuti Nominated For 2021 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The late Afrobeat legend, Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti popularly known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti could be set for a posthumous honour after he was nominated for the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The late musician was nominated alongside international artistes like JAY-Z, Dionne Warwick, Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s, Iron Maiden […]

Soccer Star Jérôme Boateng’s Ex-Girlfriend Found Dead Few Days After Their Breakup

LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soccer star Jérôme Boateng’s model ex-girlfriend Kasia Lenhardt has passed away at the age of 25. According to Bild, who cited the Berlin police, the former contestant of Germany’s Next Top Model was found dead in a home on Tuesday, Feb. 9. “Yesterday at around 8.30 p.m., there was a police operation […]

Mystery: Anglican Priest, Wife, House Help Found Dead In Their Apartment

LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Priest-in-charge of the St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Ariaria in Abia North Local Government Area, Archdeacon Julius Dike, has been found dead with his wife and house help. His wife, Agnes, was said to be a staff of the Aba South Local Government Area while the house help was said to be […]

NTA Female Reporter Abducted In Port Harcourt

LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female reporter with Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Network Centre in Port Harcourt , Mrs Chidiebele Julian Nweke Onyia, has been kidnapped by yet to be identified persons. Available details of how she was kidnapped are sketchy at the time of filing this report. But according to a post by Mrs Osinachi […]

Abuja Police Arrest, Parade Gov. Umahi’s Brother-In-Law For Alleged Kidnapping

LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A brother-in-law of the Governor of Ebonyi State Governor, Mr David Umahi and a younger brother of his wife, Mrs. Rachel Umahi has been arrested and paraded by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command in Abuja for kidnapping. The arrest of the young man, identified as Chukwu Betherand, also popularly known […]

Ex-Super Eagles Defender, Yisa Sofoluwe Dies Of Brain Ailment Complication

LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Super Eagles of Nigeria defender , Yisa Sofoluwe is dead. Sofoluwe passed away after a battle with a brain ailment. Reports say the ex-footballer died on Tuesday at the Intensive Care Unit of the University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. He was diagnosed with mild cerebral atrophy Yisa Sofoluwe was born on […]

US Senate Votes 56-44 In Support Of Trump Impeachment Trial

LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An overwhelming majority of Senate Republicans voted Tuesday against proceeding with the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump — signaling for a second time that his conviction is all but impossible. The 56-44 vote to try Trump for allegedly inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters followed […]

Revalidation Of Membership Negate APC Constitution-Oshiomole

LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday said the revalidation of the membership of the party called by the party’s Interim Caretaker Committee was contrary  to the party’s constitution. Recall that a former APC interim national chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, also faulted the constitutionality of […]

‘Quit Notice’: 4,000 Fleeing Herders From Yoruba Land Arrive In Kaduna Community

LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 4,000 of the Fulani herdsmen who fled from the southern Nigerian states following the reported quit notice served them have so far seeped into Labduga, a community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria. A Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) official, Hussaini Abdullahi, disclosed this […]

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