LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected insurgents in Nigeria killed 14 people in a rampage that began in a nightclub and proceeded into the surrounding neighborhood in northeastern Yobe state, residents said on Friday, two months after another attack in the state killed 40 people. The Boko Haram and splinter Islamic West Africa Province have waged an…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is set to sack the boards of Union Bank Limited and Titan Trust Bank Limited next week in a move to effectively take over the two financial service institutions, a source with the knowledge of the move told THEWILL on Saturday. The action follows the recommendation of the Special…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has stated that actress Funke Akindele’s new movie, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ reflected the challenges facing the less-privileged Nigerians. Obi stated this on Saturday in a statement shared on his X handle. DAILY POST reports that ‘A Tribe…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adewunmi Samuel Sofomade, the leader of the Abuja-based music band kidnapped along the Lokoja highway, has disclosed the amount paid for their release. DAILY POST reports that the band leader was abducted in December 2023, alongside his crew, while returning from a show in Kogi State. The 13-man group was later released…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some villagers in Ondo State have begun to flee their homes, following incessant attacks suffered from the herdsmen-cum-bandits’ invasion. This has become the fate of residents in some villages in the state after longtime reported cases of attacks, kidnappings and sometimes – killings, which have continued to disrupt business activities, undermine food…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was around midnight a decade ago when some dare-devil robbers broke into the home of Eye Ayo Samuel in Erusu Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The hoodlums broke into his apartment through the kitchen window and shattered his sleep. “The incident occurred on January 24, 2014….
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A raid by Nigerian anti-graft officials on the offices of Dangote Industries Ltd, controlled by billionaire Aliko Dangote, will harm the economy and deter investors, according to the chairman of an influential panel in the country’s parliament. “The raid on Dangote Group is not only very suspicious, but most importantly capable of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The young men from Guinea had decided it was time to leave their impoverished homeland in West Africa. But instead of seeking a new life in Europe, where so many African migrants have settled, they set out for what has become a far safer bet of late: the United States. “Getting into…
