LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, has arrested 150 persons for their alleged involvement in various criminal activities in the state. One of the suspects, Timothy Odeniyi, was allegedly arrested with human parts. The 35-year-old was reportedly arrested on Sunday in Ondo town, Ondo West Local Government…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed robbers were reported to have attack, beat and stole valuables of fire fighters who went to put out the inferno in former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo farm located in Benue State. Some portion of Orchard Farm belonging to the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo went up in flames on Saturday. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST(NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor and senator, Rochas Okorocha, has faulted corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying he cannot steal from Imo because he is richer than the state. “How much is Imo State government money? Imo State is really owing me because I never collected my security…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed N2.9 billion fraud charges against former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. This is coming hours after the former governor officially declared his presidential bid for 2023. Okorocha was charged alongside Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Amabua Ashe Mohammed has been appointed the Police Adviser for the Multinational Joint Task Force in N’Djamena, Chad. A press statement signed by Force Public Relation Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CP Frank Mba sighted by NewsRangers said with her appointment, ACP…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali on Monday said it was expelling the French ambassador in the light of “hostile” comments, a move likely to ratchet up tensions with its former colonial ruler and ally following a military coup. A statement read on national television said, “The ambassador of France in Bamako, his excellency Joel Meyer… was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Cheslie Kryst, who won the Miss USA sash in 2019, has died after a fall from her high-rise Manhattan apartment building. She was 30. Her family confirmed Kryst’s death in a Sunday statement. “Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength,” it read. “She…
LAGOS February 1st (newsrangers)-Gunmen in Nigeria have killed 11 security agents and several villagers after attacking remote villages in the north-central state of Niger, its governor Alhaji Bello said on Monday. Gangs have been terrorising areas of northern Nigeria in recent years, forcing thousands to flee and perpetrating mass kidnappings for ransom. Bello said the…