LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, to three months in prison for disobeying a valid court order. The court, in a ruling delivered by Justice M. O. Olajuwon, held that the IGP should be committed to prison and detained in custody…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)–The Theatre Commander, North East Joint Operation, Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa, said yesterday that 886 hardened Boko Haram detainees were currently awaiting transfer to Giwa Project in Kainji, Niger State, for prosecution. He also said 323 detainees were transferred to Operation Safe Corridor in Gombe State on 8 September 8, 2022,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Three migrants rescued in Spain’s Canary Islands, after apparently enduring an 11-day journey from Nigeria crouched on the rudder of a fuel tanker, should now be returned home under stowaway laws, a police spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. In a photograph distributed on Twitter by the Spanish coast guard on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Spanish coastguard said it rescued three migrants stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria. In a photograph distributed on Twitter by the coastguard on Monday, the three stowaways are shown perched on the rudder of the oil and chemical tanker Althini II….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely 24 hours after his inauguration, Osun Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has sacked 12,000 workers and ordered the dethronement of three monarchs. The Governor also nullified the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries and suspended the chairman and members of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). The affected monarchs include Akinrun of Ikinrun…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Gidan-goga Village of Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara State have finally paid the N20million levy imposed on them by the dreaded bandits’ leader, Bello Turji. Recall, that Turji had imposed the N20m levy on the residents of the village and asked them to pay the money on or before…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal has set aside a judgment of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, ordering the conduct of fresh primaries by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The Ibadan division of the appeal court gave the ruling on Monday. PREMIUM TIMES had reported that Justice O…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the fire outbreak that occured at Kano Street part of Onitsha Main Market, Onitsha, the commercial city of the state, on Monday morning. The State PPRO, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Awka, disclosed that goods and properties worth…