Archive for: April, 2021

Isa Pantami: The Nigerian Embattled Minister Haunted By Extremist Views

LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s presidency says it “stands behind” an embattled minister facing calls for his resignation after extreme Islamist views he held in the past recently came to light. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, and also a renowned Muslim cleric, expressed views sympathetic to groups such as al-Qaeda and Boko Haram. […]

Houseboy Matchetes His Madam To Death In Ondo, Carts Away Her Valuables

LAGOS APRIL 223RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a houseboy, Emmanuel Akpan for killing his madam, Mrs Febisola Caroline Adebayo, a food canteen operator.    The State Commissioner of Police, CP Bolaji Salami, disclosed this on Thursday, April 22, while parading the suspect and his accomplice Goodness Ekpe, before newsmen in Akure.  According to the CP, […]

Jealous Lady Poisons Self, Ex-Boyfriend To Death A Week To His Wedding

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRAGERS)-A 34-year-old groom has been poisoned to death just a week before his wedding ceremony in Owerri, Imo State. The groom, known as Akuma Felix Emeka, was reportedly poisoned by his ex-girlfriend, who also poisoned herself to death. It’s unclear what transpired between the former lovers, but sources revealed that on Saturday, […]

Extremist: Presidency Backs Embattled Pantami, Dismisses Call For Sack

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has dismissed the ongoing call for the sack of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, saying the Buhari administration stands behind all Nigerians including the minister against unfair treatment. Reacting to calls in some quarters for Pantami to resign or be sacked over his past extremist […]

Lagos Airport Workers Run For Cover As Imported Cow Breaks Loose

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS0-There was a drama at the cargo area at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, when one of the 250 cows flown into the country through the airport broke loose from its crate, leaving airport workers at the tarmac running for cover. According to information gathered, the cows […]

Panic As Unknown Gunmen Abduct 18 Passengers On Oyo

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen struck again, as they reportedly kidnapped 18 passengers along Igboora-Eruwa road in Ibarapaland, Oyo state. The incident which was said to have occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning has reportedly increased apprehensions in the minds of commuters and residents in the area. Confirming the abduction, Oladiran Oladokun, told […]

Man In Police Net Over Alleged Strangles Of His 80-Year-Old Mother To Death

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Police have arrested a man on charges of killing and burying his eighty-year-old mother in the Gbagada area of Lagos. Homicide detectives were said to have exhumed the body of Ma Victoria Adeniyi, said to have been secretly killed by her son Ayodeji. Our correspondent who visited the area Wednesday evening, gathered […]

Oil Spill: We’ve Done The Needful In Line With Best Environmental Practices, Says Heritage

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Management of Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL), operator of OML30, said it has done the needful and taken all necessary steps in line with best environmental practices to curtail the oil spill in Erhioke community.  In a statement on Thursday, titled ”Re: Delta communities threaten to shut down oil firm […]

Lagos State Govt Shuts Down All COVID-19 Vaccination Centres

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State government on Thursday has shut down all COVID-19 vaccination centres across the State. This was because the state officially ended the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination campaign with 257, 756 persons vaccinated. The government took the decision after the directive of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA, directing […]

Wanted Drug Baron Arrested With Large Quantity Of Cannabis,Cocaine In Abia

LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abia state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, has apprehended a  suspected  notorious supplier of illicit drugs, particularly Cannabis  in Abia State, Chibuike Apollos, and equally   marked his residence for demolition. He was arrested on   Wednesday  during an early morning raid on his hideout at Mbausi in the […]

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