LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A policeman has been killed while a senior customs officer has been abducted in Jalingo, capital of Taraba State. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the residence of the customs officer identified as Abbas Bello around 2am on Thursday. They were said to have engaged policemen in a gun duel, which…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cargoes destined for Nigerian seaports are now being diverted to neighbouring countries of Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon by importers due to the consistent server breakdown experienced at seaports, LEADERSHIP learnt. For the past few days, Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports complex have been experiencing persistent server breakdown, a situation that has…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protests against the Taliban have now spread to more Afghan cities, and several more people have been killed at the rallies according to witnesses, by either the militants firing their weapons or the panic and stampedes caused by it. This video was filmed by Reuters near one of the protests in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The naira fell further against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday after staying steady at 515/$ in recent days. The local currency fell to 517 against the US currency at the parallel market on Wednesday. At the Investors and Exporters’ window, the naira weakened by 0.06 per cent to close…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an ex-parte application for an order restraining the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from arresting and extraditing suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling on Thursday, said he was not…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch, 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, and to determine the levels of encroachment.” Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, following the massive earthquake that recently rocked Haiti, has expressed sympathies to the government and people of Haiti. At least 1400 people were reported dead and about 6000 injured following the 7.2 magnitude of earthquake that…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Beecroft have arrested four young Nigerians desperate to flee the country illegally to Europe. The suspects were found inside the propeller compartment of a vessel, MT River Shiner by naval operatives on harbour patrol who observed suspicious movements of a wooden boat around the stern…
