LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Florida man was charged Thursday with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teenager, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what authorities believe was a failed crossing attempt during a freezing blizzard. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The search for the missing mother of two, Mercy Henry, has come to an end. The 35-year-old woman was found mutilated and buried in different sacks behind a building in Ijegun area of Lagos State. The building belongs to the prime suspect and a traditional healer, Mayowa Timothy Bamidele. It will be…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has granted amnesty to 50 convicts serving various jail terms across the country. The signing of the warrant of amnesty by the Governor followed recommendations from the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy and is in compliance with section 212 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on prison and at least three children died in a separate bombardment as Yemen’s long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation of violence on Friday. The Huthi rebels released gruesome video footage showing bodies in the rubble and mangled corpses from the prison…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Police Command has launched manhunt for the kidnappers of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Trade and Commence, Mr Otokito Federal Oparmiola and rescue of the victim. Spokesman of Bayelsa State Police Command, SP Asinim Butswat who confirmed the abduction of the Commissioner said preliminary investigation revealed that the kidnappers stormed the…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has expressed the readiness of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) in sustaining the collaborative healthcare arrangement with the National Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). This, he said is in order to further improve healthcare services for members of the AFN and the…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Words are not enough to describe the fun and passion in their eyes as Nigerian refugee girls cheer on their side at the Africa Cup of Nations. The girls, ranging in age from 15 to 20, fled with their families to Cameroon years ago, as Boko Haram jihadists wreaked havoc in their…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic State-linked extremist group accused of killing hundreds in northeast Nigeria has released a video purporting to show child soldiers executing two men identified as members of the Nigerian military. The video released by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) was published on Tuesday by the SITE Intelligence Group, which…
