LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two suspected bandits have been killed by local hunters, while ₦10 million paid as ransom for a kidnapped man has been recovered in Falgore Forest, Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State. This was contained in a statement by CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, Police Public Relations Officer on Saturday. According to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- As NDLEA uncovers over N7bn powdered tramadol, loud at Lagos ports; nabs 85-year-old grandma in Edo, seizes large consignments of illicit substances in Ondo, Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, FCT raids. The Operatives intercepted a Saudi Arabia-bound consignment of skunk concealed in a gallon of palm oil at the Mallam Aminu Kano…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Media Office has strongly condemned Vice President Kashim Shettima’s disparaging comments about their principal, NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi. The VP discourteously referred to Obi as “diminished” while calling on Northerners to show respect to Atiku Abubakar. Possibly because he is a Northerner. POMR in a statement signed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five people have been killed and 10 others rescued after a tanker loaded with 45,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) lost control and crashed into four vehicles along the Ojoo–Iwo Road Expressway in Ibadan, Oyo State. The accident occurred around Aduloju Bus Stop on Saturday, October 17, 2026. The Oyo State…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has recounted how her efforts to uncover an alleged $2.4bn fuel subsidy fraud in Nigeria led to threats against her and the kidnapping of her mother. Okonjo-Iweala said the abductors demanded that she resign as finance minister and leave the country in exchange…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violent clashes erupted between police and protesters across France on Saturday, as hundreds of thousands of people protested against rising costs and declining public services in some of the country’s most destructive unrest in years. The Interior Ministry said at least 272 people had been arrested after violent incidents involving hooded individuals,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to BBC News a woman and her boyfriend have been sentenced to death for the murder of her husband in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Muskan Rastogi, 26, and Sahil Shukla, 28, were convicted on 30 September by a court in Meerut city for the 2025 murder of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria joins the global campaign for breast cancer awareness, Fidelity Bank Plc and Foremost Radiology are encouraging women to recognise possible warning signs, seek professional medical advice and take timely action when they notice unusual changes. The initiative is being implemented through HerFidelity, the women focused proposition of Fidelity Bank,…
