LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and killed at least six mobile police officers in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The incident happened inside the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri, according to sources. A senior police officer told our correspondent that the errant officer is…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As many homes and businesses continue to groan under poor power supply and lack of prepaid meters, the Nigerian government has vowed to sanction “underperforming” distribution companies. This comes more than eight years after the country’s power sector was privatised, leading to the transfer of the distribution and generation companies carved out…
By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Among many other comments in the recent past, I heard some say that across the globe, funding education now comes with a crushing weight that government alone can no longer bear. To this group, it calls for private public-private partnership and support from good spirited individuals to the…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria says Nigerians who are willing to travel to Ukraine to fight Russian forces must be willing to provide $1,000 for ticket and visa. The embassy stated this when scores of Nigerian men converged on its premises in Abuja on Thursday to express their readiness to join…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Union of Road Transport Worker, Lagos Chapter has promise to partner with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) and illicit traficking. This was done when the NDLEA Lagos State Commander, Barr. Callys Alumona and some of his management team paid a courtesy visit…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers have been experiencing massive flight disruptions over scarcity of aviation fuel known as Jet A1, Daily Trust report. Apart from the scarcity, the product also hit N440 per litre this week and there are indications the price could increase further in days ahead. Our correspondent learnt that many airlines have been…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The first batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine has arrived in Abuja. This is according to an update by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on its Twitter handle. The passengers, numbering about 450 from Romania, landed at the private jet terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by 7:10 am (WAT)…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdulkareem Ojonla Jimoh, a Federal Road Safety Corps personnel have been killed by the driver of an 18-seater passenger bus on the Sagamu-Ore-Benin highway. The bus driver, whose white Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number NEM 618 AA was said to have crushed the FRSC officer, also ran over a motorist whose…