LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday, as four people were feared dead and many injured when a vehicle conveying inmates to court and belonging to the Nigerian Prisons Services, NPS, was involved in an accident. But the Prisons authorities said no life was lost in the accident. Vanguard gathered that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has congratulated Mr. Olufemi Oladapo Soneye over his appointment as Chief Corporate Communications Officer (CCCO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The association also congratulates its pioneer president, Dr. Malachy Agbo, who was recently sworn in by the Governor of Enugu State, Mr….
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested 56-year-old chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Roni Local Government Area, Saleh Idris for allegedly raping his housegirl. Spokesman of the Jigawa State Command of the NSCDC, CSC Adamu Shehu confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to DAILY POST….
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Chalya Silas, was stabbed to death by yet-to-be-identified assailants suspected to be phone snatchers in Kaduna State. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, but it was gathered that the deceased was a graduate of the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has dragged the allegations of certificate forgery against President Bola Tinubu to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The pro-democracy group in a letter to ECOWA urged the regional body to probe the allegations, especially as they bother on the President’s certificates from the Chicago…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A blacksmith’s factory that was a cover for manufacturing illegal firearms in the Nigerian city of Lagos has been busted, police said. Barrel guns, pistols, cartridges and drilling machines were seized during the raid, they said. A notorious gang leader was among more than 30 suspects arrested. Nigeria is struggling with widespread…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s junta said on Thursday that it had thwarted an escape attempt by ousted President Mohamed Bozoum who has been imprisoned by the military since a July 26 coup despite international calls for his release. The interim authorities said that Bazoum and his family, with the help of accomplices in the security…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer in the northern Red Sea, on Thursday shot down multiple missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen that the Pentagon said were potentially headed toward targets in Israel. It is the first time in recent memory that a U.S. Navy ship in…