LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Force Headquarters in Abuja yesterday said Operation Puff Adder launched to curb kidnapping and other violent crimes along the Abuja/Kaduna highway has arrested 18 suspected kidnappers and recovered 18 AK-47 rifles. Force public relations officer, Frank Mba, who made this known in a statement, said the police team also recovered…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Lagos state government has warned consumers against buying some cow hide, known as “ponmo,” being sold in some markets in the state. A statement by Adeola Salako, director of public affairs, Lagos ministry of health, said three persons involved in the sale of the “poisonous ponmo” in Ojo and Iba local…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was reported to have been shot dead as youths in Cross River state foiled a kidnap attempt of one Mathias Odo who was abducted by unknown gunmen reently in Echumofana Ward, Yala local government area. It was gathered that the kidnappers were chased from Okuku area, when the news of…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil installations in the Niger Delta on Sunday confirmed the kidnap of two expatriate oil workers from an oil rig in Abua community in Rivers. The abducted foreign oil workers, a Scottish and a Canadian were working at an onshore oilfield…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has been appointed as an “Ambassador-at-Large” of the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC). In a letter dated March 16, 2019, Ambassador Friday Sani, the Diplomatic Head of the Commission to Nigeria and other African Countries, stated that sequel to the approval of the World…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Apostle Dr. Emmanuel Agomoh, chairman, Abia State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has raised the alarm on activities of some Pentecostal pastors who use their callings to deceive their congregations. Speaking in Umuahia, Agomoh disclosed that about 70% of churches in the state are into business enterprises. He said: “70%…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nollywood comic actor, John Okafor widely known as Mr. Ibu, has narrated how he was brought back to life by God after he was killed by unknown men. Mr. Ibu said he would not have been alive to tell his story if not for God who gave him a second chance to…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Large numbers of the 37 people executed by Saudi Arabia on Tuesday claimed before their deaths that they were forced to confess to crimes they had never committed during interrogations, a report claims from CNN claims. Saudi Arabia’s Press Agency announced it was executing the men for terror charges including “adopting extremist…
