LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the aerial bombardment of his residence by military fighter jets, the notorious Zamfara bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji, has expressed his dismay and betrayal over the action of the Nigerian government. PRNigeria gathered that the banditry warlord accused the government of breaking the peace pact they had with him in stopping banditry,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos police command says it has intercepted two commercial buses loaded with live cartridges at Poromope estate, Ijede road, Ikorodu. The police said three suspects were arrested in connection with the discovery of the live cartridges. The suspects are Tukur Abdullah, Muazu Telim and Dahiru Idris. Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesperson,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chimaroke Nnamani, has been listed as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. In a document released on Friday and obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Nnamani is the 350th on the list of the 422-man council. The document was signed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“NAN reports that Peter Obi on his twitter handle wrote “From Kano, I am watching the Obedient gathered in Abuja and exercising their Constitutional rights to peaceful assembly. I salute you all. “I appreciate you all. God bless you all and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. -PO”. ____________________________________ By Angela…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Queen Elizabeth II‘s final resting place at the King George VI Memorial Chapel has been marked with a new ledger stone, Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday. The stone is made of Belgian black marble with brass letter inlays to match the previous ledger, and it now sits within St. George’s Chapel in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy occurred again amid heavy rainfall on Friday, when a three-storey building on Oyesonuga Street, Palm Avenue, off Oye Roundabout, Isolo Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, suddenly collapsed, killing at least four persons while three others were rescued. The incident, according to an eyewitness, happened around mid-day amid a rainstorm….
By Farooq A. Kperogi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ancient Greeks are credited with saying the truth is often the first casualty in war. I think in political campaigns, truth is also the first casualty, and we have started to see that already in the current election cycle in Nigeria. In this column, I highlight a few…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army (NA) has been declared overall winner of the just concluded 2022 Armed Forces Inter-Service Sports Competition (AFISSC), which ended at the Defence Headquarters Sports Complex, Mogadishu Military Cantonment, Abuja on Thursday, 22 September 2022. To emerged overall champion, the NA clinched first positions in cross country, taekwondo and volleyball…
