Archive for: March, 2025

Yahoo: Nigerian Fraudsters Are Targeting Young UK Boys In ‘Sextortion’ Scams

LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Teenage boys in the UK are being blackmailed by Nigerian crime gangs that pose as young women online – with the National Crime Agency offering advice on what victims should do. NCA officials said boys as young as 14 have been targeted with “sextortion” scams on social networks including Snapchat and Instagram. […]

Gunmen Ambush ABC Transport Bus, Abduct 18 Passengers In Kogi State

LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 18 passengers of an Abuja-bound ABC Transport bus in Kogi State. Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, the security adviser to the Governor of Kogi, confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday. He noted that the incident occurred on Sunday, March 16, when the bus, which was […]

Sudanese Army Confirm Taking Over Control Of Presidential Palace In Khartoum

LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in downtown Khartoum on Friday, it said in a statement, in one of the most symbolic gains in a two-year-old conflict with a rival armed group that has threatened to partition the country. The army had long been on the backfoot but […]

Rivers: Peter Obi Knocks National Assembly For Using Voice To Ractify Tinubu’s Declaration Of Emergency

LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has berated members of the National Assembly for using voice vote to ratify President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State. Obi, who had earlier appealed to members of the National Assembly not to endorse the removal […]

Thirty-Six Soldiers Hospitalised After An Auto-Crash Near Paris

LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 36 people have been left injured after a major crash between four buses carrying military cadets and another vehicle in France.  The horror crash happened on the French A13 near Guerville, about 36 miles west of Paris, just before 7pm on Wednesday. At least 36 people were injured, including one […]

China Sentences Former Researcher To Death For Spying

LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former engineer at a Chinese research institute has been sentenced to death for selling classified material to foreign spy agencies, Chinese authorities said. After he resigned from the institute, the researcher, identified by his surname Liu, came up with a “carefully designed” plan to sell intelligence to foreign agencies, according to […]

Dangote Trailer Accident Causes Death Of Six With 14 Vehicles Burnt  In Abuja

LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragic road accident near Nyanya Bridge in Abuja has claimed the lives of six people and left 14 vehicles engulfed in flames, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed. The incident occurred around 6:58 PM on Wednesday when a Dangote trailer, heavily loaded with cement, lost control while approaching […]

Landlord In Police Net For Shooting A Boy Dead For Playing Ball Into His Compound

LAGOS MARCH 2OTH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Imo State Police Command has announced the arrest of a landlord whose identity is still unknown after shooting a boy identified as Paul who jumped into his house to retrieve a ball during a game of football. PUNCH Metro gathered on Wednesday that Paul and his fellow schoolmates were playing football […]

Emergency Rule: FG Dispatches 10,000 Troops To Rivers To  Curb Vandals

  LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has deployed 10,000 Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel to curb further attacks on oil pipelines against the backdrop of the blasts at oil installations in Rivers State between Sunday and Tuesday. The NSCDC spokesperson, Afolabi Babawale, confirmed the deployment of anti-vandal operatives to The PUNCH on […]

Scores Feared Dead As Tanker Explosion Rocks Abuja

LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people are feared dead following the explosion of a tanker near Karu Bridge in Abuja on Wednesday evening. A video obtained by our correspondent captured a voice urgently calling for help, reporting that the tanker had exploded and that trapped motorists were burning. Witnesses said the truck lost control near the […]

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