LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eagle-eyed operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted illicit drugs concealed in the Statue of Mary and auto spare parts heading to Canada and the United Arab Emirate (UAE). The narcotics agents from the directorate of operations and general investigations, who are embedded in two courier companies in…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A viral video showing three young men bathing in what looks like a cemetery with red clothing around their waists has been trending on social media. The footage was captured by an individual who appeared to be filming the whole episode from an uncompleted building not too far from the cemetery. In…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Less than a month after the Imo state police headquarters and Correctional Service facilities in Owerri were violently attacked by unknown gunmen, the country home of the state governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, at Omuma, Oru East Council area was on Saturday attacked and set ablaze by unknown hoodlums. It was gathered that…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As controversy continues to surround the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, over alleged links to terrorist groups, the Presidency has come under severe criticism for backing the embattled senior government official. Pantami, in one of his old sermons that resurfaced recently, praises notorious terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, and…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Things are fast falling into place for Mary Daniel, the 26-year-old amputee water hawker and her life is showing significant transformation. The single mum, who used to sell bottled water on highways in the Oshodi area of Lagos, marked her 27th birthday on Friday with fanfare. “I feel happy today,” Daniel enthused…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank says Nigeria now has the highest percentage of the population without access to electricity globally, overtaking the Democratic Republic of Congo in unreliable and widespread blackouts. According to the bank, over twenty-five percent of Nigeria’s population has no access to electricity supply, this was stated during a virtual engagement…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed gunmen have raided the ancestral home of former Senate Deputy Majority Leader, Senator Jonathan Silas Zwingina, Faru village, in Adamawa State. Security sources in Guyuk Local Government Area have confirmed that the gunmen burnt down the village beyond recognition as well as killing scores of persons. Eye witness accounts say…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a boat wreck off Libya, independent rescue groups and the U.N. migration agency said, as attempts to cross the Mediterranean increase during the warmer months. Humanitarian organizations have accused the Libyan coast guard and European authorities of failing to meet their responsibilities to…
