LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) officer, identified as Commander Popoola Azeez Olasupo. SaharaReporters gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped around 6:30 am on Sunday around Eledumare-Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway while he and his colleagues were on an official assignment. Olasupo’s […]
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LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed a fire outbreak at Queens College in the Yaba Area of the state. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Sunday evening, the Director of the service, Margaret Adeseye, said the fire started in a two-room quarter located behind the school […]
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LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A local vigilante group at Ibbi town in Niger State has taken the battle to the invaders of the community, killing no fewer than 50 bandits who had been terrorising and kidnapping its residents for ransom. LEADERSHIP learned that the vigilantes launched the attack on the bandits and destroyed their camps at […]
Apr 16 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 7-year-old boy who was declared missing has been found by the Lagos State Police Command in the Ago Okota, area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. He said that the boy identified as Goodluck Ifeanyi, was seen on […]
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LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two brothers, Obahor Paul, 40 and his younger brother, Obahor Isaiah, have landed in trouble in Lagos State after they conspired and sold their sister’s landed property for N25m with forged power of attorney and shared the money. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the duo has been arrested for conspiracy and criminal conversion. The […]
Apr 16 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four persons have been arrested over the mysterious disappearance of the corpse of an 86-year-old man, Joel Omiran at the morgue of Sacred Heart Hospital mortuary, Lantoro, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Those arrested were two mortuary attendants, an auditor, and a plumber. Our correspondent gathered that, the octogenarian died a month […]
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LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Finance ministers from various Commonwealth countries have called for a systemic reform of the global financial architecture to enhance access to development financing for vulnerable countries. Statement signed by Senior Communications Officer Communications Division Commonwealth Secretariat, Snober Abbasi made available to NewsRangers said the ministers agreed for India to be the chair […]
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia’s most powerful mercenary group, Wagner, sent at least 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war back to Ukrainian forces to mark Orthodox Easter, according to a video posted by the group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Sunday. “Prepare all of them, feed and water them, check the wounded,” Prigozhin was shown saying in a […]
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former lawmaker in India’s parliament, convicted of kidnapping, was shot dead along with his brother while police were escorting them for a medical check-up in a slaying caught on live television on Saturday. The dramatic footage of the men being killed was shared across broadcast channels and social media. A gunman […]
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s electoral commission on Sunday halted announcement of results in Adamawa’s state governor election and said the declaration of Aisha Dahiru as the country’s first elected female state governor was null and void. Nigerians voted for state governors on March 11 but the election in Adamawa, a largely conservative Muslim state, was […]
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