2023 April | NEWS RANGERS

Update:27 Dead, 170 Wounded As Deadly Fighting In Sudan Rages Into Early Hours Of Sunday

LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWARANGERS)Fighting in the Sudanese capital raged into the early hours of Sunday after a day of deadly battles between paramilitaries and the regular army that left at least 27 people dead and 170 wounded. Explosions and gunfire rang out on the deserted streets of Khartoum, according to witnesses, after the paramilitaries said […]

Apr 16 2023 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Lagos CP Orders Removal Of Okokomaiko DPO Over Alleged N100k Extortion

LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer of Okokomaiko, SP Emmanuel Edebagha, for lack of supervision of his men. The CP also ordered immediate disciplinary action against Edebagha and all officers involved in the act. This was disclosed by the state […]

Apr 15 2023 | Posted in State | Read More »

Police Declare Manhunt For Two-Year-Old Child Stolen In Rivers, Sold At Asaba To Trafficker From Imo

LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police are in search of missing Jasper Friday, a two-year-old boy stolen by one Mercy at Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, and sold in Asaba, Delta State, to a child trafficking syndicate from Imo State. Superintendent Grace Iringe-koko, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Rivers Command, announced the development on […]

Apr 15 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Soldier Shoots Suspected Ballot Snatcher Dead In Kebbi

LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected ballot box snatcher has been shot dead by soldiers on patrol at Bajida polling unit 001, Fakai Local Government Area of Kebbi South. The yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly shot dead while he was attempting to snatch a ballot box from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the […]

Apr 15 2023 | Posted in State | Read More »

UK Govt Replies PREMIUM TIMES’ Request On Peter Obi’s Arrest, Detention

LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The government of the United Kingdom has responded to PREMIUM TIME’s letter requesting the details of the arrest and detention of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by its immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London last week. It, however, declined providing sufficient details about Mr Obi’s ordeal as requested by […]

Apr 15 2023 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

INEC Officials Flee With BVAS Machine, Ballot Boxes, Papers As Voting Is Disrupted In Rivers

LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Voting has been disrupted at Ward 4, Polling Unit 5 of Sogho in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers state. Initially, voting was going on smoothly but there was a disagreement between the party agents of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While the cause of […]

Apr 15 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Heavy Gunfire, Blasts Heard In Sudan’s Capital Khartoum As Army, Paramilitay Clash

LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard in Sudan’s capital Khartoum following days of tension between the army and a powerful paramilitary group. Shooting and blasts took place on Saturday in the vicinity of Sudan’s army headquarters and the defence ministry in central Khartoum, as well as the presidential palace and airport. Columns […]

Apr 15 2023 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Footballer Dies After Setting Himself Ablaze Over ‘Police Injustice’

LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said. Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, suffered third-degree burns and was taken to the specialist burns hospital in Tunis, but doctors were unable to save his life, his brother […]

Apr 14 2023 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Lagos Court Freezes Suspected Drug Traffickers’ Accounts Domiciled In Three Banks

LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court, Lagos has placed a “post-no-debit status/lien” on the accounts of two alleged drug traffickers domiciled in three commercial banks in Nigeria. The alleged drug kingpins, whose accounts were blocked by the court are Nnaemeka John Nwaozor and Levi Onwubiko Nwagu. They are currently […]

Apr 14 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Three In Police Net For Spraying Almajiri With Feaces And Forcing Him To Eat It

LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Police Command has arrested three people, all of them residents of Ja’en Makera quarters in Sharada area of Kano metropolis, for allegedly forcing a 13-year-old Almajiri to eat human faeces that were dumped by an unknown person in the area. The incident happened on Thursday after the father of […]