Archive for: May, 2021

Brazil Police Drug Raid In Rio de Janeiro Slum Leaves Twenty Five Dead

LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bloody, hourslong gunbattle in a Rio de Janeiro slum echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission killed two dozen criminals while residents and activists claimed human rights abuses. It was just after sunrise Thursday when dozens of officers from Rio de Janeiro state’s civil police stormed Jacarezinho, a favela […]

Buhari Approves Panel To Probe Embattled NPA MD Hadiza

LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation under Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. A statement issued by the President’s media aide stated the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman […]

Two Feared Killed As Gunmen Attack Bullion Van, Cart Away Cash

LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were feared killed while one other person was injured on Thursday after some gunmen attacked a bank’s bullion van in Elemoso village along Akure-Ondo highway in Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the armed robbers intercepted the bullion van which was conveying cash from […]

Why Buhari Fires NPA MD, Hadiza Bala Usman

LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major shakeup Thursday evening rocked the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) with the immediate suspension of Hadiza Bala Usman as the agency’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. President Muhammadu Buhari instantly approved Mohammed Koko to step into the shoes left by the daughter of the Late Dr. Bala Usman, the famous […]

Abuja Schools Shut Down Over Fear Of Bandits Invasion

LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite assurances by the police authorities that the Abuja is safe, private schools in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday, hurriedly shut down their activities over fear of possible attack by kidnappers. LEADERSHIP learnt that some schools hurriedly sent their students home when news got to them over 200 […]

Residents Flee As Hoodlums Invade Mile 12 In Lagos

LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in Gengere, mile 12 in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State on Wednesday following a fight between some hoodlums in the area. In a video posted by a Nigerian comedian and movie star, Ayodeji Richard Makun popularly known as A.Y. on his verified Facebook page, residents were seen […]

NECO Releases 2020 SSCE Results With 39,503 Candidates Obtaining Five Credits

LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Examinations Council on Thursday said 26,277 out of the 39,503 candidates who sat for its 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates obtained five credits and above including in English Language and Mathematics. The board’s Registrar, Prof Godswill Obioma, disclosed this at the council headquarters in Minna, Niger State, […]

EFCC Arrests Leader Of Int’l Human Organs Trafficker In Port Harcourt

LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, has arrested the leader of a syndicate involved in the buying and selling of human organs for trafficking to foreigners. The leader identified as Ukaeje John Emeka (alias Dr. Phil Mark, Dr. Donald Phillip, Dr. Wesley David), was arrested on April 16, […]

Pastor Adeboye’s Son Dies In His Sleep

LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pastor Dare Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Enoch Adeboye, is dead. The 42-year-old son  who was the third surviving child of the revered cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family. […]

Notification Of Boko Haram Attack Plot On N’Assembly, VIP Locations Causes Scare

LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja, The PUNCH has learnt. Several members of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, confirmed to our correspondent that they had been notified of the imminent attack by the terrorist […]

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