LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Command has shot one person dead in an ambush with some suspected smugglers at Ebute along Ilaro-Ojodan, Yewa North Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the operatives had trailed a military truck-head reportedly smuggled into Nigeria to the community, but…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Prince of Wales has canceled his trip to Jos in Plateau State, Nigeria, over security concerns, following months of deadly clashes between nomadic herders and farmers in the restive region. Mailonline reports that Prince Charles and his second wife, Camilla, arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Tuesday, on the tail…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Information has revealed that the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole was briefly detained by the Department of state Security Services, DSS on Sunday. According to Cable, Oshiomhole was grilled by DSS operatives for nine hours after some APC governors alleged that he received bribes during the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 100 members of the migrant caravan travelling through Mexico in an attempt to reach the United States have been kidnapped by the Zetas cartel, according to human rights officials in the country. Fleeing gang violence and threats back home in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, thousands of the migrants travelling…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has said that a comprehensive policy for improved remuneration for teachers and all public servants is being developed. President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said this at the 2018 Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference on Tuesday, November 6, in Abuja….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)—Cable News Network (CNN), has named a 2017 alumna of the United States government-sponsored International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP), Ms. Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, as one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes of the Year. Ajayi-Akinfolarin’s organization, Pearls Africa Foundation, which she founded in 2012, assists girls from underserved communities in Nigeria gain relevant…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The gubernatorial candidate under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has again frowned at the traffic congestion affecting movement of many citizens on daily basis. He said he had strategized the plans to end the situation. Speaking via his official tweeter handle, the PDP guber aspirant said that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has asked the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, to lend his voice to the call for the British empire to return all the ancient Benin artifacts that were taken by the British authorities in 1897. Speaking at the parley the visiting British royal had with royal…
