LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWRANGERS)-Northern leaders on Wednesday raised their voice in protest against critics of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. The leaders said they were “shocked” by the reported comments of some individuals on the leadership of Nigeria’s ruling political party, At a strategic planning meeting in Yola, the leaders…
LAGOS FENRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two students of the Ambrose Ali university, Ekpoma, Edo State, today, lost their lives in a fatal accident, after a campus shuttle suffered a brake failure. According to reports, a 300 Level student of the Department of Educational and Foundation Management, Ebere, lost her life immediately, while several others were injured. One…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Officer-in-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Saki Unit in Oyo State Police Command, has been killed by Fulani herdsmen, the Nigerian Tribune is reporting. The highly authoritative newspaper said the SARS boss, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, was killed on Tuesday night. He was said to have been macheted to death…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A postgraduate female student of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, has been found dead at Tamburawa river in a suspected case of suicide. A young lady identified as Zubaida Nuhu, who was running a Masters programme at the Department of Water Resources Engineering at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, has been…
LAGOS FERUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 15 suspected Internet fraudsters(Yahoo boys) have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence, lottery scam and love scam. The suspects are: Adeyemi Tiwatope, 20; Odeyemi Olawale, 20; Nike Afolabi Olaiya, 20; Awe Abimbola Ireti, 23; Yusuf Aliu Oluwafemi,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, who was declared wanted by the police, has sued for fundamental rights enforcement. Afegbua is also demanding N1 billion damages from the police, its spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, and two media houses.. His legal representative, Kayode Ajulo, filed the suit at the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor died yesterday after he drowned while baptising his church members in the river at Blood River village in Seshego outside Polokwane in South Africa. According to reports, the pastor entered the flooded river and was swept away. The church members who were about to be baptised, were left reeling from…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force with officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) today impounded 196 motorcycles to prosecute 72 arrested riders at Lagos Mobile Court, Oshodi, Lagos. The enforcement operations was jointly carried out based on series of complaints from innocent members of the public on…
