LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, one of the main leaders of Afghanistan’s anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, has pledged to hold out against the Taliban from his stronghold in the Panjshir valley. In a Washington Post editorial, Ahmad Massoud, the 32-year-old son of the former mujahideen commander, said members…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There were drama, anger, confusion, and protest at the morgue of the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos State when activists, a lawyer, and family members went to demand the corpse of an allegedly murdered student activist, Nurudeen Alowonle, popularly known as Omomeewa. Omomeewa was attacked along the Egbeda Igando Road a few hours…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rev. Jesse Jackson, and his wife, Jacqueline, remained under doctors’ observation Sunday at a Chicago hospital and were “responding positively to treatments” for COVID-19, their son told The Associated Press. The couple, married for nearly six decades, were admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital a day earlier. Physicians were “carefully monitoring their…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 50,000 residents of 17 communities in Sabon Birni Local Government Area have relocated to Niger Republic over incessant bandits’ attacks. This was disclosed by the member representing Sabon Birni North constituency in the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Almustapha Boza. Boza said the villagers are currently taking refuge at Tudun…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two pastors have been reportedly assassinated in Ochoro community of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State by persons suspected to be members of the Bonta militia. The pastors, who were identified as Moses Ijoko Aleje and Ijuo Emmanuel Aleje, with the Methodist Church, Ochoro were killed on Tuesday at about 10…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project has budgeted N9.2million to purchase five pure breeds of Friesian bulls to boost animal insemination at Kadawa Insemination Center. The center is situated at Garun-Malam Local government area of the state. KSADP was supported by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The project Coordinator, Ibrahim Garba-Muhammad, made…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A house girl has been caught and later arrested in Lagos after it was discovered that she poisoned family soup with A Chemical for bleaching and cleaning dirt. The said house help who perpetrated the evil act first denied, but late confessed later after being asked by her boss to eat out…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has again arrested two male suspects, Desmond Ikechukwu Okoroafor (21) and Egwuonwu Gift Iyke (34) who conspired together and kidnapped an 8-year-old child, Daniel Chukwudi, on 11th July, 2021. A statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu sighted by NewsRangers, explained…
