LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Yoruba rights activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho has declared he has what it takes to fight against Boko Haram without the government’s support. Igboho made this declaration in a video interview released in 2020. He said: “That which I will use in the fight against Boko Haram, I have…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has arrested six suspects in Apo over alleged kidnapping. This is contained in a statement by ASP Mariam Yusuf, FCT Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Abuja on Sunday. Yusuf said the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence report indicating that they had…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC in Taraba state, Peter Jediel. He was said to have been picked at his home in Sunkani, headquarters of Ardo Kola local government area of the state. Younger brother of the Labour Chairman told newsmen that Jediel’s abductors stormed the house…
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed shock and disbelief over the reported disruption of the programme of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, on Saturday at Nnewi. In a release from his Media Office signed by Mr. Valentine Obienyem, Obi said that what Anambra people expected to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s flagship privately operated airport terminal, Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, (MMA2) Lagos is embarking on a massive upgrading of its X-ray machine and air conditioning systems for passengers safety, security and comfort. A press statement made available to NewsRangers signed Mikail A. Mumuni, Group Corporate Affairs Manager of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A retired Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Alhaji Abdulahi Idris Rakieu, has been kidnapped in Abuja alongside his wife, another member of the family, and one Olushola Agun. SaharaReporters gathered that the kidnappers, said to be of Fulani extraction, stormed the town, Tungan Maje around midnight on Sunday, and shot indiscriminately into the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Owerri Branch, N.H. Nwankwo Esq, has been gruesomely slaughtered at his office on Saturday 6th February by unknown assailants. Below is the Press Release from the Secretary of NBA Owerri Branch, Chinedu Agu Esq,; FROM THE SECRETARIAT OF NBA OWERRI. N.H NWANKWO, ESQ. MURDERED…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Having survived the murky waters of politics in Nigeria, where her mother was kidnapped to send her a message, and rising to number two at the World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala should have no trouble dealing with international trade negotiators in her new job at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The 66-year-old will…