LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria security operatives were reported to have rescued thirty of the forty worshippers alleged to have been abducted by gunmen from a mosque in Nigeria’s northwestern border with Niger, the police disclosed. Northwest and central Nigeria have increasingly become a hub for criminal gangs known locally as bandits who raid villages, killing…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions is set for a collision course with the Colonel Hameed Ali (retd)-led Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) over the stance of the revenue-generating agency to rebuff the committee resolution asking it to return bags of rice seized from the Oja Oba market in Oyo…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The spate of banditry attacks and kidnappings in villages and towns in Abuja sharing boundaries with Niger State have forced most residents to abandon their homes for places they consider safe. Daily Sun investigation revealed that the most affected towns are Bwari, Kuje and Kubwa where mass exodus of persons have been witnessed…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Last week and early this week seemed not to be looking nice and good for pastor Adeboye as he keeps recording some losses. Last week Wednesday, his son, Pastor Dare Adeboye died in his sleep. He’s obviously trying to recover from the pains of losing his son. Few days after losing his…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 28 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ahmed Inga confirmed is in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. He said…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over a leaked plot to blackmail him. Obi raised the alarm in a statement issued on Friday by his Media Office, signed by his Special Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem. “The present effort…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Emir of Daura, Dr Faruk Umar, has suspended activities marking the end of the Ramadan fast in the emirate council, citing security reasons for the development. The royal father instead directed district heads in the council to join the people in their domains to pray for peace in Nigeria. Among the…
Residents of commercial city of Onitsha Anambra State have been gripped with fear, following the fall of a truck loaded with live bullets in the area. The Mercedes Benz 911 truck, which fell along Awka road in the city in the early hours of Sunday, had the cartons of the bullets spill into the drainage…
