LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian criminal gang leader behind the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren in northwestern Katsina state in December has surrendered to authorities in an amnesty deal, officials said on Tuesday. Auwalun Daudawa led dozens of gunmen who snatched students from their school hostels in the town of Kankara in a crime that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, the Amotekun Corps, have announced the arrest of a truck loaded with armed herdsmen numbering about 80, heading into Ibadan, the state capital. The Commandant of Amotekun Corps in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), who confirmed the interception of the truck on Monday,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has encouraged students not to undermine the educational opportunities at their disposal, but to see them as avenues of empowerment that will enable them to change the world. Obi, who spoke to students of St John’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 auctioneers licenced to auction and dispose off abandoned vehicles in police stations in Lagos State Police Command have been rendered jobless. The auctioneers said they have not been allowed to auction any abandoned vehicles in police stations in the Police Command since the Lagos State Commissioner of Police,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a huge success in its anti-crime drive on Monday as some policemen on a “Stop and Search” operation in Edo state arrested one Adaninike Daniel and a passenger in possession of five pistols. Although the make of the pistols are unknown, a police “Situation Reports” revealed that the suspect were…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, has threatened to shut down the National Assembly, the National Assembly Service Commission, all State Houses of Assembly, all State Houses of Assembly Service Commissions and relevant departments over the authorities’ failure to implement financial autonomy for the legislative arm of government. The workers are…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The largest hospital in Greece will take part in the trials of an Israeli treatment for COVID-19, following the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday. During the press conference with Mitsotakis, Netanyahu held up a vial that he called a “miracle drug,”…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ogun State says the state government have stopped its members from collecting levies on its behalf from transporters at motor parks According to a statement by the state Commissioner of Information Abdulwaheed Odusile on Monday, the development became necessary due to the internal squabble over…