LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad’s president of three decades died of wounds suffered during a visit to front-line troops battling a shadowy rebel group, the military announced Tuesday, as the insurgents vowed to take the capital in what could become a violent battle for control of the oil-rich Central African nation. The military quickly named President…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, yesterday, flagged off a two-day retreat on ‘Effective Management for Nigerian Navy Operational Efficiency.’ Speaking at the opening ceremony of the retreat, Vice Admiral Gambo stated that the retreat was auspicious as it would focus the navy on the role of decision making,…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Zone 13 headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra State, on Monday evening broke its silence on the early morning invasion of the facility by unknown gunmen. It disclosed that two police operatives sustained gunshot injuries while repelling the attack and that one of the suspects was shot dead. Confirming the attack…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine Nigerians suspected to be inmates who fled during a jailbreak at the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State have been arrested while trying to enter Ghana after arriving in a boat, it was announced on Monday. On April 5, over 1,884 prison inmates were said to have escaped after some armed…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular Nigerian evangelical preacher, TB Joshua, has called on his followers to “pray for YouTube” after the platform blocked his channel over allegations of hate speech against LGBT people. The founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, a Christian megachurch in Lagos, is one of Africa’s most influential preachers with…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The schoolgirls filmed smoking shisha while still in their school uniforms have been suspended and the Lagos State Government has ordered their rehabilitation. The schoolgirls have been identified as students of Oreyo Senior Grammar School, Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of the state, according to Vanguard. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education,…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worried by the growing infrastructural decay at its alma mater, members of Igbanke Grammar School Old Students Association, Igbanke,Edo State, have commissioned and handed over to the school an administrative block renovated by the association. This event took place at Igbanke, Orhionmwon local Government area of Edo State, during the Association’s second re-union…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have raised about N500,000 to compensate an assistant superintendent of police Sunday Erhator who remained calm in the face of assault by a traffic offender Victor Ebhomenyen in the Oniru area of Lagos State. The incident which occurred on Saturday went viral on social media, with the policeman getting the sympathy…