LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has said that it is holding 12 dockworkers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos because of their significant links to the importation of 32.9 kilograms of cocaine worth over N9.5 billion in street value. A Federal High Court in Lagos had granted an application by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo has called on the House of Representatives Committee on the Nigerian Navy (NN) to continue to support the quest to reposition the Service for a more effective discharge of its constitutional responsibilities. Vice Admiral Gambo made this plea while defending the 2022…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A Nigerian army general and three soldiers were killed on Saturday during an attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in the northeast of the country, the army and sources said. ISWAP split from Boko Haram five years ago and pledged allegiance to Islamic State and has been fighting…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)–The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, (COSEYL) the umbrella body of all the youth groups in the South East geopolitical zone has disagreed with the police on what killed Vanguard’s reporter,Torlue Salem. In a statement on Friday by the President General of the group,Gooluck Ibem described police report of his death…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has given N1 million to a woman that rejected N5,000 cash-for-vote bribe during the just-concluded governorship election in the state, which Professor Chukwuma Soludo won. The woman, a native of Ukwulu in Dunukofia Local Government Area rejected the offer from a political party’s representative, who was…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-SENATORS from the South-South geo-political zone have kicked against moves by the Senate to include Lagos, Ogun, Bauchi and others that have attained the status of oil producing states into Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The senators raised the objection, yesterday, during the consideration of a Bill for an Act to amend…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona announced on Friday that veteran defender Dani Alves will be returning to the club as new coach Xavi Hernandez’s first signing. Alves, 38, has been a free agent since leaving Sao Paulo in September but is ineligible until the transfer window opens early next window. He played for the Camp Nou…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old driver, Clement Itoro, has confessed to killing missing Vanguard reporter, Tordue Henry Salem, who was found dead on Thursday, in a hit-and-run incident. Itodo was paraded on Friday at the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) premises, Guzape, Abuja. Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, while briefing reporters said Itoro…
