LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Gunmen have killed four men who were involved in the maintenance on a pipeline owned by the Nigerian subsidiary of Italian oil giant Eni, a local security spokesman told Reuters. The men, two workers, a driver and a security operative, died at a facility in Nembe, Bayelsa state, which feeds…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command has handed over an abandoned newborn baby to the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. The baby was reportedly found on the altar of a church, the Holy Fountain Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Oda Road, Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro gathered that members of…
By Alex Otudor LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-His Royal Magesty,the Oluwo of Iwo,Oba Abdul Rasheed Adewale Akanbi has called for death penalty for corrupt person’s in the country. The first class traditional ruler who spoke at the annual Crime Reporters Award day in Lagos also called for life imprisonment for accomplices of corrupt person’s to serve…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa on Thursday said that over three million kilograms of drugs have been intercepted and seized by the agency. Marwa said this during the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) 2021 Annual Lecture and Award Ceremony with topic: “Proliferation…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday in Lagos, has disclosed that election rigging has become a thing of the past with the use of technology. Speaking at an interactive session with online Publishers, Yakubu, who called for a stronger INEC/Media partnership to foster strong democratic Nigeria, said…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Billionaire kidnap kingpin , Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike known as Evans has been sentenced to death by a Lagos High Court on Thursday. At the sentencing by an Igbosere High Court in Lagos, Evans who was charged with kidnapping had pleaded not guilty. He was also charged for attempt to kidnap the chairman of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s late dictator, said armed men had prevented him lodging an appeal on Thursday against his client’s disqualification from next month’s presidential election, adding to fears of turmoil around the vote. Disputes about issues including the eligibility of candidates are threatening to derail the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Danish naval patrol killed four pirates in an exchange of fire in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Nigeria, Denmark’s armed forces said on Thursday. “No Danish soldiers were injured, but five pirates were shot,” the military said. “Four of the pirates died. One was injured,” it added. The…