LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- Gunmen have turned Garin Idi the hometown of Sokoto State deputy governor, Idris Mohammed Gobir to ATM after collecting N600,000 part payment of a N1.6 million ransom initial demand, they insisted on collecting the balance N1m in two days or continue abduction of the indigenes. A resident who spoke on…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Pastor highlighted by President Trump on social media, says that nine members of his family have been killed. The minister is an outspoken critic of the killing of Christians by radicalized Muslim members of the Fulani militia. Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo now says that the same militia has issued a…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it will appeal the life imprisonment handed down to three men convicted over their alleged involvement in the abduction of school pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The secret police said it was dissatisfied with the judgment, arguing that…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A 47-year-old teacher, Mrs. Dim Ebere, has surrendered to the Anambra State Police Command after she was declared wanted over the alleged flogging to death of a 12-year-old pupil. The command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspect turned herself in at the Neni Police Station in Anaocha Local Government Area following…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 68 passengers escaped death as an Enugu Airlines plane crash-landed at the Benin Airport on Thursday. Tribune Online gathered that the aircraft with registration number 5N-ENR had 68 passengers on board apart from the crew members. A source at the Benin Airport who pleaded anonymity said that the aircraft…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The three accused persons put on trial by the Department of State Services, DSS), over the Orire scholl abduction, have pleaded guilty to membership of proscribed terrorist group. At their arraignment on terrorism charges on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Abdulrazak Umar, alias Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid; Yunusa Musa, alias…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Strong reactions have greeted United States President Donald Trump’s commendation of President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to tackle terrorism, with the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and Middle Belt Forum (MBF) questioning the impact of the US security intervention on the ground. Trump had declared that it was “a true honour” to stand with…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-In a significant demonstration of its commitment to alleviating hunger and supporting vulnerable communities, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has provided food relief to more than 1,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State through its Fidelity Food Bank Initiative. The humanitarian outreach, conducted in…
