LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Founder of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, better known as Prophet TB Joshua, is dead. Joshua reportedly died on Saturday night in Lagos after concluding a programme at his church. The church and his family have not officially announced his death. He was 57. Plans were underway for his…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has suspended indefinitely the operations of the micro blogging and social networking service twitter in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The minister cited the persistent use of the platform for activities capable of undermining…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The bandits who abducted the 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town of Rafi local government of Niger state last Sunday have increased the ransom for their release to N200m. Initially the bandits demanded for N110m for the release of the victims, mostly girls, with a threat that…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected cult members, on Thursday morning allegedly killed a barber and macheted one of his customers at Oke-Ijetu area of Osogbo in Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the late barber, simply identified as Shogo, was attacked in his shop at about 10.00 a.m by six armed men.A source…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekiti State government has announced the suspension of the Consequential Salary Adjustment (minimum wage) and a cut in the salaries of workers and that of the political appointees. The minimum wage was being enjoyed by workers on grade levels 07 to 12 since January. It has now been partially suspended for a…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Council has confirmed Usman Alkali Baba as the substantive Inspector General of Police, almost two months after President Muhammadu Buhari approved his appointment in an acting capacity. Usman Alkali Baba was confirmed on Friday, during a meeting of the Police Council in Abuja presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. This…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The famous Nigerian crime buster and his team has been deployed to Imo state amidst rising tension over the activities of ‘unknown gunmen’. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari and his team of police officers were spotted in Imo state as they readied themselves for security operations. The police officer…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Questions are being raised after a Nigerian Navy chopper (NNJI3) was found in a forest in the South-West region. DAILY POST could not ascertain the exact state but an informant disclosed that locals saw and recorded the helicopter on Thursday June 3. The accuracy of the date is yet to be verified….
