LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says the refusal of the Church to speak up against the high rate of insecurity contributed to the kidnap of five pastors with the church. He also lambasted the Catholic Church, whose priests had protested the killing of clerics in Enugu on Friday….
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Commercial activities at Shasha market, one of the largest vegetable markets in Oyo State has been grounded as a result of violence unleashed by hoodlums who attacked the market. The crisis erupted the wee hours of the Friday when some hoodlums allegedly came with dangerous weapons to attack traders and some residents…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-An unidentified man has reportedly strangled a young woman identified as Maureen after having sex with her in a hotel located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident was said to have happened on Peremabiri Street, D-Line in the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that Maureen believed to be the man’s girlfriend,…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany’s customs service said Friday it had seized a 4.5 tonne cocaine shipment, the country’s largest ever, with an estimated street value of $1.1bn. The illegal drugs were discovered two weeks ago in a Netherlands-bound shipping container from Uruguay during a search in the northern port city of Hamburg, they said. When…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Five ministers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been abducted on their way to attend the church’s Ministers’ Conference in Lagos. The General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye announced the abduction on Friday while giving a talk at the Redeemed Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Pastor Adeboye…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed bandits have killed two soldiers at Dogon Dawa village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Two civilians including a youth leader were also killed by the assailants during a siege that lasted several hours on Thursday. The One Division of the Nigerian Army has yet to confirm…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The parish priest of St. James the Great Catholic Church, Ugbawka, Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen. Fr. Offu was killed late Thursday at Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu. The Communication’s Director of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, Rev. Fr. Benjamin Achi, has confirmed…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police have arrested two suspected fraudsters who impersonated officials of the Nigeria Customs Service auctioneers on Facebook and other social media sites. Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT ) who arrested the suspects have warned members of the public to be wary of fraudsters who…
