Archive for: September, 2024

Nigerians Voice Their Outrage Over  Police Extortion, Checkpoints On Highways

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on Monday took to X.com to voice their outrage against some members of the Nigeria Police Force, accusing them of exploiting illegal methods like mounting checkpoints and stop-and-search operations to extort travellers during long-distance trips on major highways. Despite the Force Headquarters’ Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, urging travellers to refuse […]

El Salvador Police Chief, Fugitive Accused Of Embezzling $35m, 7 Others Die In Helicopter Crash

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The head of El Salvador’s police force and a man arrested on charges of a multi-million-dollar embezzlement were among the nine people killed when the military helicopter in which they were travelling crashed, authorities said on Monday. Police Director Mauricio Arriaza was escorting the former head of a credit union, Manuel […]

Gunmen Raid Kaduna Hospital, Kidnap Nurses, Patients

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits in their large numbers have kidnapped two nurses and an unspecified number of patients from the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, eastern part of Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna State. The hoodlums were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, at 9:00 am on […]

Man Accused Of Setting Ugandan Olympian Ablaze Dies In Hospital

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The man accused of killing Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei by dousing her in petrol and setting her alight has also died, according to the hospital where they were both treated. Cheptegei’s former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, died at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret on Monday night after being admitted […]

Wife Of US Correctional Inmate Wins $5.6m  In Settlement For Strip Search

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The wife of a California inmate will receive $5.6 million after being sexually violated during a strip search when she tried to visit her husband in prison, her attorneys said Monday. After traveling four hours to see her husband at a correctional facility in Tehachapi, Calif. on Sept. 6, 2019, Christina Cardenas […]

Aide Who Allegedly Leaked Soludo’s ‘Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo’ Dance Video Fired

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An insider has allegedly been sacked from his duties at the Anambra Government House following the leaking of a video where Gov Charles Soludo was dancing to the ‘Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo’ song alongside some personalities. It was gathered that the video was secretly shot when there was an order for the […]

Social Media Reactions Trail Tinubu’s Media Aide Resignation

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Social media reactions have trailed the resignation of Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on media and publicity. In a statement on September 7, Ngelale said he would be embarking on an “indefinite leave of absence to frontally deal with medical matters affecting his immediate, nuclear family”. He also resigned […]

One Dead, Seventeen Hospitalised As Fuel Laden Truck Ram Into Seven Vehicles In Lagos

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the early hours of yesterday  (12:30 AM), a catastrophic multi-vehicle collision occurred on the Odo Iya-Alaro Bridge, tragically claiming one life and severely injuring 17 others. Preliminary investigations indicate that the driver of a Mack truck, with registration number KWL 923 XB and fully laden with diesel, lost control of the […]

Petrol Price hike: Car Owners Dump Vehicles, Buy Okada, Keke For Private Transport

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Disturbed by the sharp increase in petrol prices, car owners are abandoning their vehicles to purchase motorcycles and tricycles for private transport. A cross-section of Kano residents, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard, lamented that they could no longer cope with the continued rise in petrol prices, hence their decision to seek alternative […]

AFCON 2025 Qualifier: Rohr Gives Reasons Why Benin Lost To Super Eagles

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head coach of Benin Republic, Gernot Rohr, has reflected on their 3-0 defeat to Nigeria in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday. The Cheetahs had edged the Super Eagles 2-1 in a 2026 World Cup qualifier in June this year. But on Sunday, the three-time African champions proved to […]

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