LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected smugglers on Tuesday attacked operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service in Fagbohun village, Idogo/Ipaja, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt that while one of the officers was killed, another was missing. The incident happened when the officers, who were attached to the Federal Operations […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian pilot, Jibril Adamu, 58, and his counterpart from the United States of America, Jean-Claude Okongo Landji, 58, are awaiting sentencing after a US jury returned guilty verdicts against them on Monday for conspiring to traffic cocaine to West Africa. The pilots were charged for using a private jet to traffic […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona have sacked first-team coach Ronald Koeman following Wednesday’s defeat to Rayo Vallecano. The 58-year-old was already under pressure after his side lost to Real Madrid at the weekend and this latest reverse – their fourth in their last six matches – proved the final straw for the board. Barca currently sit […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Union said on Wednesday it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power. The continent-wide bloc said it “strongly condemns the seizure of power” and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities “until the effective […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abductors of worshippers in Maza-Kuka Community, Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State, have demanded N60 million ransom from families of the victims. Gunmen had invaded the community in the early hours of Monday when villagers were observing early morning prayers and killed no fewer than 18 people while several others were […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented cheques to the next of kin of Police Officers who died in a boat mishap that occurred during the Bayelsa Central and West Senatorial Districts’ bye elections, held on 5th December 2020. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Emmanuel Alex-Hart made the presentation to the […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Divisional Police officer in charge of Bori division, SP Bako Angbashim, has revealed how a traditional ruler in the area was killed. The police officer spoke to THE WHISTLER after he led a team into the forest to exhume the decomposing remains of the monach. A traditional ruler from Luuwa Community […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor, jailed for five decades for war crimes, has filed a lawsuit against his country’s government over its “refusal” to pay his pension and retirement benefits, according to a court statement. Taylor sparked a 13-year civil war in Liberia when he led a rebellion in 1989 to oust […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former army private admitted at a trial on Tuesday that he had helped transport a hit squad to assassinate Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, 34 years ago. The trial unfolding at a military court in Ouagadougou is being closely followed by the Burkinabe public, many of whom hope it will […]
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Cambridge University college will on Wednesday hand over to Nigeria a sculpture that was looted by British troops in 1897, setting a precedent that will put pressure on other institutions to return stolen artefacts. The sculpture of a cockerel was one of hundreds of Benin Bronzes that were pillaged from the […]
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