LAGOS DECEMBER 17th (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Niger/ Kogi Command on Tuesday narrated how it lost two of its officers during an attack by some suspected gunmen. Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Benjamin Lomba in a statement made available to journalists said that the command lost the two officers; Assistant Superintendent of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Border Drill Operations of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have reportedly seized 140 bags of foreign rice at a warehouse in Daura. The warehouse allegedly belongs to Alhaji Habu Sarkin-Fulani. Daily Nigerian reports that the owner is a confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari. Customs operatives, acting on a tip-off,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s never a smart thing to steal from the place you work from, actually it’s never good to steal at all. This genius didn’t get the memo apparently as he is in hot water with the FBI after flaunting the stolen $88,000 on his social media accounts. “I make it look easy…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 17-year-old boy, Ojoko Friday of Ndinwampfu village, Igbeagu community, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has been beheaded by suspected warlords while coming back from the farm in the area. The deceased was a SS3 student of Noble Secondary School Ndiechi Igbeagu in the local government. The people of Igbegu…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Gambia’s capital Banjul on Monday demanding that President Adama Barrow respect his pledge to quit after three years in office. The president, a relative unknown at the time, defeated former autocrat Yahya Jammeh in elections in the tiny West African state in 2016. He…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The wife of Zimbabwe’s vice president has been charged with attempting to murder her husband. Marry Chiwenga, a former model and wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court Monday where she was also charged with money laundering and fraud, amid reports of a troubled marriage. Wearing a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The combined troops of 4 Brigade and 32 Artillery Brigade Nigerian Army, Exercise Crocodile Smile IV have recovered eight dane guns and 725 bags of substance suspected to be cannabis. The operation was in a joint operation with personnel of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This was contained in a statement…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has dismissed a bribery suit against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, for lack of evidence. The suit was filed by a Kano-based lawyer Bulama Bukarti. The lawyer asked the court to mandate the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate Ganduje for allegedly receiving a kickback…
