LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has signed into law a bill prescribing death by hanging for cattle rustlers, bandits, kidnappers and their informants. The House of Assembly passed the bill on July 1, 2021. Bello said the Kidnapping and Cattle Rustling Special Provisions Law of 2016 was amended to provide for…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Residents of Umuokoto town in Umudibia Autonomous Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State were thrown into mourning when a man identified as Obum stabbed his wife and a pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) to death on Friday. While the pastor died immediately, his wife died…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Sunday in Gusau, expressed shock at the killing of 13 police officers by suspected bandits. The police personnel were gunned down at a mobile camp in Kurar Mota community in the Bagudu Local Government Area of the state. The governor’s reaction is contained in a statement…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has stated that the IPOB leader is preaching unity while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Recall that in June, Kanu was arrested and extradited to Nigeria to face trial for alleged treason….
LAGOS JULY 19TH NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has hailed the Archbishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev Valerian Okeke, on the occasion of the celebration of his 40th priestly anniversary, while commending his contributions to…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits abducted at least 60 people and killed one person in a raid of five villages in Shinkafi LGA of Zamfara on Friday night. The attackers rode on over 70 motorbikes into the villages and fired sporadically into the air, a police official and several residents said on Saturday. They killed a…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than seven people are missing after a cargo ship that had been barred from sailing sank off the coast of Liberia, the country’s Maritime Commissioner said on Sunday. The Liberian-registered Niko Ivanka left the capital Monrovia on Saturday morning for a port in the country’s south, despite being under a…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No nonsense and hardworking police officer, Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police and leader of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, has described Obi Cubana as one of the most hardworking entrepreneurs he knows. Kyari said this while giving reasons for attending his mother’s burial which was held at Oba in…
