LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Notorious bandit leader Muhammad Gwaska has displaced residents of Birnin Doki in the troubled Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State after they resisted pressure to work at mining sites under his control. The incident, which occurred on 15 October, saw dozens of villagers forced to walk about a 15-kilometre distance from…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) yesterday said the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola diagnosed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has to do with a diplomat whose condition has deteriorated into “multi-organ failure”. On Tuesday, Health Minister, Muhammad Ali Pate, had announced that a female patient who had…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Imo state high court sitting in Urualla, Orlu judicial division, has sentenced Isaac Okorie, a 28-year-old point-of-sale (POS) operator, to death by hanging for his role in the murder of an 83-year-old man and his driver. Okorie was convicted on six counts bordering on armed robbery, hostage-taking and murder. In his…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There are political relationships that begin as a matter of convenience and others that grow out of a convergence of convictions, records and aspirations. My appreciation of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso belongs to the latter category. As he celebrates his 70th birthday on 21 October 2026, I find…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles players have wished Clemens Westerhof a quick recovery as the Dutch coach battles colon cancer in the Netherlands, The PUNCH reports. Westerhof is in critical condition at Rijnstate Hospital in Arnhem, his hometown. His wife, Lilian, revealed that he was taken to the hospital last Wednesday. The 86-year-old had…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-According to Euro News Colombian police have seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine bound for the Netherlands at the port of Cartagena, President Abelardo de la Espriella announced on Tuesday. “The National Police has just achieved the largest cocaine seizure in the port of Cartagena in the last 10 years,” he wrote on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of students and teachers marched through the streets of the Greek capital of Athens Wednesday, calling for affordable student housing and more state investment in education, as protests that have swept Europe spread further. Similar protests were being held in several cities in Greece, including Thessaloniki in the north and the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST(NEWSRANGERS)– President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked over 300,000 US visas during his second term, the State Department said on Tuesday as the federal government continues its sweeping immigration crackdown. The number showed an acceleration in the pace of visa revocations in recent weeks. In an update issued on August 10, the State…
