LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar on Wednesday sentenced a retired worker of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Godwin Elewana, to death by hanging. Elewana was found guilty of the murder of the 22-year-old boyfriend of his daughter, Douglas Ojugbo. He killed Ojugbo on March 10, 2015 over suspicion that…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced Police Sergeant Jilla Lannubo to death by hanging for extra-judicial killing. The policeman was arraigned for the extrajudicial killing of one Oruyegha Grand in the Agudama area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on May 13, 2017. Lannubo, a native of Bokos…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The two biggest economies in Africa, Nigeria and South Africa, were wednesday conspicuously absent as 44 leaders of African countries signed a deal to create one of the world’s largest free trade blocs. The agreement was signed at a summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, according to the BBC. It is hoped the…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected cult members on Tuesday set ablaze the Oporoma Police Division in Southern Ijaw Local Governmemt Area of Bayelsa in desperation to free a detained member of their gang. It was gathered that the cult member who was on Police wanted list for various crimes including kidnapping, sea robbery, armed robbery and acts…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram members on Wednesday freed dozens of abducted Dapchi school students. The fully armed sect members who returned the girls moved into the town in a number of vehicles. A photo showing the convoy leave the community has emerged. This is contradictory toMinister Of Information, Mr Lai Mohammaed statement whch disclosed that…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it’s delighted that the girls abducted on 19 February 2018 from a school in Dapchi, Yobe state, northeast Nigeria were returned safely to their families. The Nigerian government confirmed early on Wednesday that 105 girls out of the 110 abducted have gained their freedom while five…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has described the events leading to the kidnap and release of the Dapchi schoolgirls by the Boko Haram insurgents as a scam by the APC-led government. The Presidency confirmed the release of 101 out of 110 schoolgirls kidnapped from the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that his company “made mistakes” in protecting user data obtained by Cambridge Analytica, but said steps already taken and new policies unveiled Wednesday would prevent developers from misappropriating such information in the future. Part regret, part explanation and part announcement of strategies to come, Zuckerberg’s first…
