LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the invasion of Russia in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria, Kirdoda Valerii, has told the Federal government that evacuation of over 5,600 Nigerians from the country at the moment is impossible as the airspace in Ukraine remains shut. On Wednesday February 23, Russia launched a military attack on Ukraine, causing…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Squad of the Ogun State-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps, on Wednesday, arrested a suspected ritualist with a child in his possession. The suspect, Alani Sunday, was arrested during a routine patrol at Tolase village, Odeda Local Government Area of the State. Spokesperson of the So-Safe Corps, Moruf Yusuf, told…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine’s capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. The country’s president refused an American offer to evacuate, insisting that he would stay. “The fight is here,” he said. As dawn broke in Kyiv, it was not immediately clear how far…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to reports, the robbers who struck five banks simultaneously in Uromi, Edo State on the 24trh of February 2022 were not totally successful. The robbers had coordinated an operation that saw a reported seven people dead, including Police officers and civilians. There were a lot of casualties, with cars, banks…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. President Buhari signed the Bill at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Friday. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike aka Evans, and two others have been sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The other two convicts are Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu while one Ogechi Uchechukw and two former soldiers, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba, were acquitted for lack of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video of uniformed soldiers seen hiding for their lives during the Thursday’s attack carried out by gunmen on several banks in Uromi, Edo state have surfaced on social media. It was earlier reported that three banks were attacked by armed robbers in Uromi community, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ukraine military wrote early Friday morning that a soldier blew himself up on a bridge to stop Russian soldiers trying to advance. Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Skakun was an engineer for a battalion of marines on the Crimean isthmus, where Russian tanks and military forces began to advance into Ukraine. The marines decided…