LAGOS JAUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in Ogun have arrested one Abdul-Azeez Ibrahim (A.k.a Butcher), a student of Tai Solarin University of Education,(TASUED) Ijagun Campus with seven guns and assorted charms. The TASUED student was paraded alongside other suspects recently arrested during recent operations by the Ogun Police Command at the State Headquarters, Eleweran on Tuesday….
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has charged a United States citizen with money laundering after he acted as a middleman to funnel millions of dollars in kickbacks from Nigerian romance scams and business email compromises, the U.S. Department of Justice has said. Niselio Barros Garcia, a Florida man, admitted guilt to…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian lawmaker burst into tears on Tuesday on the floor of the parliament while discussing the insecurity in his state. Although the security situation across the country appears to have worsened with almost daily reports of killings and kidnappings, the lawmaker focussed on the latest incident in his state. At the…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)An extensive investigation conducted by Swedish Radio News has uncovered a scheme in which scrapped cars from Sweden are being illegally exported and sold in Nigeria. The investigation identified 50 different Swedish cars, now on sale in Nigeria, with falsified information regarding their mileage and age. According to the report, “A car…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In what has been termed a significant milestone in the advancement of Nigeria’s domestic gas industry and the generation of gas revenues, Temile Development Company Ltd -a key indigenous player in the oil and gas industry- recently commissioned a 23,000 cubic meters ultramodern Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Carrier. Named ‘Alfred Temile 10’,…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling military government in Niger has expelled several members of the European civilian reconstruction mission EUCAP Sahel Niger from the country. The German head of the mission, Katja Dominik, was also affected, the government in Niamey said early Tuesday. The group arrived in the capital Niamey a few days ago and…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has paid a condolence visit to the Al-Kadriyar family, whose six daughters were abducted on January 2. During the visit to the family on Tuesday, Obi expressed concerns over the rate of kidnappings in the country and urged the government to curb insecurity. Obi said,…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An unspecified number of traders and passengers were feared killed, while goods and property worth millions of naira were destroyed, following a fire that gutted three passenger boats in Rivers State. The Guardian learnt that the incident happened on Monday evening at the popular Bonny/Nembe/Bille jetty in Port Harcourt City Local Council…