Archive for: January, 2024

Three Kidnappers To Die By Hanging For Killing Rivers Chief After Collecting Ransom

LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men identified as Boma Thompson, Emelike Mathias, and Daniel Thankgod have been sentenced to death by hanging or lethal injection by Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt for allegedly conspiring to kidnap and murder one Chief Abbot Ogbobula in 2017. The Police had arraigned four suspects on four charges […]

Minister Under Attack For Mobilizing N50m Ransom For Bandits

LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have criticised former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for mobilising friends to contribute N50 million towards the ransom for the release of the five remaining Mansoor Al-Kadriyar sisters kidnapped in Abuja. Pantami announced on Sunday via X account that an undisclosed friend volunteered to raise N50 million, following […]

No One Can Accuse Me Of Corruption, Former Nigeria President Buhari Brags

LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Muhammadu Buhari has said that throughout his stay in office, he did not build any new house, and that nobody can accuse him of corruption. Speaking during the launch of a book in Abuja, the former president said that he has always declared his assets, and challenged people to ask […]

Lagos Police Parade 37 Suspects As CP  Issues Security Tips For Residents

LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday, paraded 37 persons allegedly involved in cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful possession of fire arms and other crimes. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, who paraded the suspects and exhibits recovered from them equally issues security hints for the safety of Lagosians. Fayoade […]

Outrage As Hamas Kill Two Israelis Hostages After Releasing Videos

LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli hostages Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, among more than 240 people kidnapped Oct. 7, were murdered by Hamas and their bodies are being held by the militant group in Gaza, the Kibbutz Be’eri said. Earlier this week Hamas released videos showing Sharabi, 53, Svirsky, 38, and Noa Argamani, 26, urging Prime […]

Court Grants Ex-Sierra Leone President, Koroma Permit To Travel To Nigeria On Medical Grounds

LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Sierra Leonean president has been granted permission to travel abroad on medical grounds despite facing treason charges. The High Court ruling comes amid speculation that Ernest Bai Koroma has agreed to go into exile in Nigeria if charges against him were dropped. He was accused of treason and other offences […]

Customs Detain Arnold Schwarzenegger At Munich Airport For Wearing Luxury Wrist Watch

LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by customs officers at the Munich airport on Wednesday for not declaring a luxury watch he was wearing while traveling to Austria, a customs spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. Schwarzenegger, 76, was detained for three hours at the airport in Germany, a source familiar with the incident told CBS […]

Miracle:Mother, Her Baby, Unidentified Man Pulled Out Alive From Ibadan Explosion Rubble

LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman and her baby have been rescued from one of the buildings affected by the explosion in Ibadan. Politics Nigeria reports that many have been fear dead while over 70 survivors are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Ibadan after an explosion on Tuesday evening. The explosion, which destroyed several houses […]

Makinde Uncovers Cause Of Ibadan Explosion Where 10 People Died, 15 Injured

LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, said preliminary investigations by security agencies revealed that the explosion that rocked the Bodija Area of Ibadan, the state capital on Tuesday was caused by explosive devices stored by illegal miners. No fewer than 10 persons were feared killed and 15 others hospitalised following the […]

Tincan Customs Boss Promises To Fulfill N1.103trn  Revenue Target For 2024

LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Customs Area Controller (CAC)  Tin Can Island Port, Comptroller Dera Nnadi has promised to  generate a whooping One Trillion, One Hundred and Thirty billion, seven hundred and sixty eight million, fifty one thousand, eight hundred and eighty one naira (N1,130, 768,051,881.29) allocated to the Command in  the  year 2024. Nnadi stated that […]

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