Archive for: July, 2023

Soldiers Hold Niger Republic President Hostage In Suspected Coup

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s presidency has said some members of the presidential guard tried to move against President Mohamed Bazoum, warning that the army was ready to attack them if they did not back down. The presidency’s official Twitter account said on Wednesday that presidential guards engaged in an “anti-Republican demonstration” and tried “in vain” to […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Truck Crushes Monarch To Death Inside ”Keke Napep”

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A traditional ruler died on Tuesday when a truck crushed the tricycle in which he was commuting. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the truck ran over the tricycle and instantly killed Abraham Bankole, the Olu of Onibuku in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The driver of the tricycle and another passenger […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Plane Makes Emergency Landing As Passenger Commits Suicide In Rest Room

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Marrakesh was forced to make an emergency landing in Algeria after a passenger committed suicide in the restroom. The Boeing 737-Max 8, operated by Flight TK 619, departed Istanbul Airport at 12:40 and was scheduled to arrive in Marrakesh at 16:45. However, the flight was […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Abia State Commissioner Escapes  Death As Gunmen Attack Convoy, Kill Two Policemen

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen have reportedly attacked the Abia State Commissioner for Trade, Investments, Commerce and Industry, Dr. Chibueze Ukaegbu and killed two mobile policemen. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday at Old Express Road by Faulks near Samek Junction at Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State.  According to eyewitnesses, […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Fuel Subsidy: Labour Congress Issues Nationwide Strike

  LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress has put plans in place for a nationwide strike scheduled to begin August 2,2023, The PUNCH has reliably gathered. Though a court order which barred the congress from going on strike in June still stands, our correspondent learnt that the congress noted that it could not fold […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Asari Dokubo Threatens To Deal With Rivers Gov., Says ‘Boko Haram Will Be A Child’s Play’(Video)

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former militant Asari Dokubo has threatened to unleash mayhem on Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers State Governor, if he causes problems for his camp. In a recent video, Dokubo was seen accusing Governor Fubara of poking for trouble and threatening that if he kept at it he would retaliate. “Boko Haram will be a […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Amnesty Int’l Hails Ghanaian Parliament Vote For Removal Of Death Penalty

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reacting to news that Ghana’s Parliament voted to remove the death penalty from the 1960 Criminal and Other Offences Act and the 1962 Armed Forces Act, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Director Samira Daoud said:  “Today’s parliamentary vote is a major step by Ghana towards the abolition of the death penalty. […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

DSS Re-Arrests Emefiele After Tussle With Prison Officials

LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday re-arrested the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, following a fight with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). Emefiele was re-arrested within the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos despite the bail granted him by Justice Nicholas Oweibo […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Nigeria Ports Authority Cries Out Over Increasing Extortion Along Port Access Road

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has raised the alarm on increasing extortion along the access roads of the Lagos and Tin Can Island Port Complexes.  This is coming on the heels of the  clearance operations the Authority undertook on 16th to 18th July to rid the Port corridor of shanties and illegal […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Arned MMen Kill Twenty Seven  Villagers, Seven Soldiers In Zamfara

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 34 people, including seven soldiers, were killed in an attack by a gang of armed men in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, the head of a vigilante group and residents said. The attack in the remote Dan Gulbi district of the Maru local government area of the state occurred on Monday […]

Jul 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »
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