LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in the Mabushi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Wednesday after three suspected touts, locally known as agbero, and linked to the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), were set ablaze by an angry mob for allegedly causing the deaths of a man, his wife, and their son….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government plans to increase its borrowing despite a significant 40.5 per cent surge in revenue for the first eight months of 2025. This boost in revenue has largely been driven by substantial gains in non-oil revenue collections, as confirmed in a press statement on Wednesday by Special Adviser to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Over 800 people have been confirmed dead following an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani confirmed that the vast majority of the deaths reported so far were in Kunar province. Al Jazeera reported that 2,500people have been injured after an earthquake destroyed numerous villages in the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Notorious bandit kingpin, Ado Aleru, has reportedly killed seven of his own fighters in Zamfara State after accusing them of betrayal and carrying out unauthorised kidnappings. The executions occurred in Takulawa, Turba, Bamamu, and the Yamma forest axis, where Aleru allegedly confronted the fighters for staging kidnappings along the Gusau–Yankara highway without…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-There are strong indications that as the federal government continues to tax everything possible, it has concluded plans to rely on Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA) 2025 to tax every landed property in the country and raise IGR therefrom. Business Hilights gathered that under the new NIIRA 2025, “Landlords in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the loss of four lives in a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at about 1:30 p.m., along the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway by Mabushi Underbridge. PUNCH Online earlier reported that a family of three had died after some louts…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Colombian lower-division league match descended into chaos on Wednesday after Real Alianza Cataquera midfielder, Javier Bolívar slapped female referee Vanessa Ceballos moments after being shown a red card. In a video posted on X by one of Mexico City’s leading daily newspapers, La Jornada, the incident occurred when Ceballos moved to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-CSP Benjamin Hundeyin has officially assumed duty as the new Force Public Relations Officer at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja. Hundeyin, who was formerly the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, confirmed the development in a post on his X handle on Wednesday. He wrote, “Today I assumed duty as the Force…