LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have invaded Yar Tsakuwa Village in Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, abducting nine persons including the serving councillor of the area, Lawali Bello. Two wives and a daughter of the former councillor of the area, Alhaji Abdullahi Garba, were among the abductees, Daily Trust reports. A resident, Nazifi Abdullahi, said that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Great Britain was stripped of the silver medal it won in the men’s 4x100m relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo last August on Friday after Chijindu Ujah’s anti-doping violation was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, according to Reuters. Ujah tested positive for Ostarine and S-23, both of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian woman has been arrested after being caught with 600 grams of heroine at Alghero Airport, Sardinia, Italy. The unnamed lady was said to be at the airport’s arrival lounge having just disembarked from a flight from Bologna, Northern Italy, when she was spotted by officers of the Guardia di Finanza,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Maritime Workers Union Of Nigeria (MWUN) and Maritime Journalists Association Of Nigeria (MAJAN) recently brainstorm to appraise the executive order on ease of doing business in Nigeria. In a communiqué signed by MAJAN President Alhaji Tunde and General Secretary, Dili Utomi made available to NewsRangers, the roundtable expressed worry that the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alhaji Hashimu-Shehu Gazura, a commissioner in the Zamfara Independent Electoral Commission, is dead. He died in an accident on Friday. The deceased was also a former member of Zamfara House of Assembly, who represented Gummi 2 Constituency. His death was announced in a statement issued by Chairman, House of Assembly Service…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) at the weekend in Benin, said over 90 per cent of intending police officers did not score up to 30 per cent in the police recruitment examinations across the country. The Commissioner representing the Mass Media and the South-south Zone in the Police Service Commission (PSC), Austin…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The migratory elephant found near a farm by some farmers in the Saki West Local Government Area of Oyo State is dead. The Director of the University of Ibadan Zoological Garden, Dr Kabir Popoola, confirmed the death of the animal to our correspondent on the telephone on Friday. The elephant was said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris has reiterated management’s commitment to building and sustaining excellent service delivery structures across all service windows while urging Personnel to continue to treat all those who come to obtain any facilities at any of the Service’s Windows as Kings and Queens. The Acting Comptroller…
