LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Major in the Nigeria Army, Akeem Aderogba Oseni, has slammed a N2 billion suit against the Nigeria Army and the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) for allegedly freezing his bank account without a court order. The Army Officer, in the suit, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, wants the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted live cartridges concealed in bags of cassava flour, popularly known as garri. The items loaded in three Mazda saloon cars were seized by officers on patrol along the Igbora axis of Oyo State. On sighting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 60 suspects have been taken into police custody in Lagos in the aftermath of the brutal murder on Thursday of Chief Superintendent of Police Kazeem Abonde. The officer was killed in the Ajao Estate area of the state where he and his team had gone to enforce the ban…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen, on Sunday, kidnapped Ogbuagu Kingsley Kachi from the premises of a church at FESTAC Town, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State. The abductors, said to be three in number, arrived at the church around 11 am on Sunday in a Lexus vehicle. Ogbuagu’s friends and family have taken to social media to solicit help…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in conjunction with other security agencies, successfully repelled an attack by suspected Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists and bandits on the Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Burkusuma in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Military is a statement signed Director Defence…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States government has gathered over 2,700 electronic files as part of evidence for trial in the $1.1million fraud case involving a top Nigerian police officer, Abba Kyari, a court filing has shown. Other sets of investigative reports and “new discoveries” including documents obtained from foreign law enforcement agencies with over…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua is no longer world heavyweight champion after being outclassed over 12 rounds by Oleksandr Usyk, who claimed the WBA, IBF and WBO titles with a unanimous decision win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. More than 66,000 fans descended on the north London venue in the hope Joshua would move…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Straddling a caravan route to the Sahara, the city of Sokoto has since ancient times been a major trading hub in Nigeria’s extreme northwest savannah. But a surge in attacks and mass school kidnappings by criminal gangs, known locally as bandits, has dealt the region a terrible blow, making farming and trading…