LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Details how Saidu Afaka, the late official driver of President Muhammadu Buhari died have emerged. Details how Saidu Afaka, the late official driver of President Muhammadu Buhari died have emerged. According to SaharaReporters, Afaka was detained by the Department of State Services, tortured before being rushed to the State House Clinic, Abuja,…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Legal analyst and TV personality Midwin Charles has died, her family confirmed with a post on her Twitter account on Tuesday. She was 47. “It is with a profoundly heavy heart and the deepest sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Midwin Charles,” the post reads. “She was known…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “deeply concerned” by the violence, which has injured dozens of police officers in recent days as protesters burned cars and hurled petrol bombs at police. The violence comes amid growing frustration among many in the pro-British unionist community at new trade barriers between Northern…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi, says the three-month tenure extension granted to outgoing Inspector-General of Police Muhammad Adamu was terminated following completion of selection process for a new I-G. Dingyadi has earlier announced the appointment of Deputy Inspector- General of Police (DIG) Usman Baba as Acting Inspector-General of Police.. The…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have begun a manhunt for suspected attackers who ambushed fellow soldiers in a rural community in Konshisha council area of Benue. The attackers on Monday evening seized some soldiers deployed to maintain peace between two warring communities of Konshisha and Oju LGAs respectively. It was learnt…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have razed another police station in Imo State few hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu left Owerri, the Imo State capital. Osinbajo and other officials of the Federal Government, including Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, had visited the state to inspect the…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has been excluded from the list of 28 countries granted debt pardon by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Board has approved a third tranche of grants for debt service relief for 28 member countries under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT). This approval followed two…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, as the acting Inspector-General of Police with immediate effect. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. Baba is taking over from Mohammed Adamu, whose tenure Buhari…
