LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of children has discovered a large quantity of anti-aircraft live ammunition in Bulunkutu area of Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State. According to reports, the discovery was made on Friday by the group who were fishing in the drainage when they noticed the suspicious items and alerted authorities. In an amateur video…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A prominent Zaria-based Islamic scholar, Sani Khalifa, has been held in detention for 23 days over his alleged link to a coup plot against President Bola Tinubu. Multiple sources familiar with the case told this reporter that Mr Khalifa was picked up by security agents in Abuja shortly after he travelled from…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 1100 vehicles were set on fire and over 500 people detained across France during New Year’s Eve celebrations, the country’s Interior Ministry has revealed. In accordance with the Interior Minister’s firm instructions, which required a high degree of responsiveness and mobility, law enforcement intervened immediately in cases of violence or…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has again suspended the enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit policy across the country. The policy was expected to take off today, but the police halted the enforcement pending the determination of a substantive suit before the court. The NPF had announced on December 15, last year,…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada deported 366 Nigerians between January and October 2025, as it intensified its immigration enforcement drive at the fastest pace in over a decade, official data obtained by Saturday PUNCH has shown. The figure, obtained from the Canada Border Services Agency removals programme statistics, also revealed that 974 Nigerians are currently in…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has flown back to the UK after a fatal car crash that killed two of his close friends in Nigeria. The 36-year-old was a passenger in a Lexus SUV that collided with a stationary truck on a major expressway near Lagos on Monday. Joshua’s close…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has formally defected to the African Democratic Congress. Obi, who is also a former Governor of Anambra state, urged Nigerians and opposition forces to unite under a broad national coalition to “rescue Nigeria from poverty, disunity and democratic decline.”…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Igbo community in Sokoto State marked Christmas Day with detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu at the Nigerian Correctional Centre. The community described the humanitarian gesture inspired by the disposition of the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu During the visit, the community shared meals with the inmates at…