LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cross River State Police Command says it has discovered a factory producing guns and explosives at Osomba community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. A team of the command’s Anti-Cultism and Kidnapping Squad, led by Ogini Chukwuma uncovered the factory. The team recovered the cache of arms on Monday,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service has said that many officers are undergoing different disciplinary cases. The National Public Relations Officer of NSC, Abdullahi Maiwada, while featuring on a television programme on Wednesday, said that some officers of the service who were found with arms and ammunition inside the seaports in 2017 had been…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The exchange rate between the naira and the dollar plunged to a record low N983/$1 at the black market based on quotes received by Nairametrics on Wednesday as currency traders said there no dollar to sell This represents a 2.93% drop when compared with the N955/$1 that it traded the previous day…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Tunisian coastguard said on Tuesday it had intercepted more than 2,500 migrants and arrested dozens of human smugglers following a major crackdown launched last weekend in the coastal region of Sfax, a main departure point for migrants heading to Italy. The operation, which included hundreds of security forces supported by anti-terrorism…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Three weeks after Ali Bongo Ondimba was overthrown in a coup, one of his sons and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor said Wednesday. Bongo’s eldest son Noureddin Bongo Valentin and former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha were indicted…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a recent interview insisted “anyone involved” with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is “serving jail time,” a comment that comes ahead of the five-year anniversary of the murder. When asked in a rare interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier about if any individuals are…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s northern Kano state declared a 24-hour curfew on Wednesday after a tribunal overturned the election of an opposition candidate as governor and declared a member of President Bola Tinubu’s party the rightful winner. Police in Kano, which has the highest number of registered voters, said in a statement that violators of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu is considering the appointment of Professor Abiodun Sule for the coveted position of Director-General at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), according Presidency sources. Professor Sule boasts an impressive academic record, holding two PhDs in Maritime Technology Management and Fisheries & Aquaculture. He also earned a Master’s…