LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Children as young as 11 are being beheaded in Mozambique, UK-based aid group Save the Children said on Tuesday, as part of an Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands and forced many magnitudes more from their homes. Save the Children said it had spoken to displaced families who described “horrifying scenes” of […]
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Monday, foiled an armed robbery attempt on a bank customer, rescuing the victim and recovering N10 million in cash. It was learnt that the armed robbers, who operated in a black SUV, trailed the victim from Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB), Amarata branch, where […]
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LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Government says it has arrested 200 street beggars and Almajiris for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, made the disclosure while repatriating the beggars in Kano on Monday. According to her, following the ban […]
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LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As we speak, there were mixed reactions on Monday from Nigerians when photographs of the National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore surfaced on the internet, showing he uses police escorts and Toyota Sport Utility Vehicles. Apparently, it wasnt t clear where the National President was heading, but the photographs show […]
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LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many Nigerians illegally staying in Germany will leave Frankfurt for Lagos on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, as part of massive deportation plans by the German government, the Network for Critical Migration Consciousness (NfCMC) has announced. The upcoming charter deportation operation will be the first for this year since the initial plan for […]
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 618 schools have remained closed in six northern states over the fear of attack and abduction of pupils and members of staff, according to a tally by THISDAY. Also, barely three days after the abduction of 39 students of the Federal School of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, security […]
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LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Monday seized three primary school teachers in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna, the government said, in a region wracked by banditry and kidnapping. The raid is the latest in a string of attacks on schools in Nigeria, coming just four days after 39 college students were kidnapped by a […]
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LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The port of Lagos has long had a reputation in the shipping industry of being a headache — a hub where costly delays and other obstacles are legion. But many in the business say the gateway to the huge market of Nigeria has become even more choked in recent months, its problems […]
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Okeke Leticia Chigozie, a 28-year-old Nigerian logistics worker, dreams of opening her own shoe store in Nigeria. Having no credit history, she does not qualify for a bank loan to fund her enterprise. Instead, she joined a traditional savings group in her community, sometimes called esusu. These savings circles allow those without […]
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LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to keep praying for the nation, especially the leaders who, he said, needed the fear of God in their lives. Obi made the call on Sunday at the Flag-Off of the 2021 […]
Mar 15 2021 | Posted in
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