LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by some defiant traffickers to export hard drugs through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 200 kilogrammes of the illicit substances seized from them….
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) is seriously concerned by the growing undemocratic clampdown, unchecked impunity and dictatorial moves by authorities in Niger Republic to suppress citizens’ fundamental rights and freedom through secretive arbitrary arrests and unlawful detention of peaceful protesters, human right activists. The group in a statement signed by…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the immediate suspension of Saturday’s House of Assembly bye -election in Ekiti State following bloody attacks that greeted the exercise. Dr Tella Adeniran, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ekiti State, made this known in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, and also confirmed…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government is poised to take over the running of the city of Liverpool this week after a string of corruption allegations, The Telegraph can disclose. The expected decision by the Local Government secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene in the running of one of the UK’s biggest cities is unprecedented in modern…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men killed at least 22 civilians in southwestern Niger on Sunday, three sources said, less than a week after unidentified assailants killed 58 villagers in the same region. The attackers raided three villages in the Tillabery region, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso. A security source said Islamic State fighters were…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Allegations have emerged this Saturday saying several Tanzanians have been arrested and locked up after they decided to party and celebrate while the country is mourning the passing away of President John Pombe Magufuli. According to sources, Tanzanians who support the opposition party CHADEMA yesterday slaughtered a goat, had several alcoholic drinks,…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-15-year-old junior secondary school student of Dutse Safe community, in Katsina State, has revealed how a custom officer allegedly raped and got her pregnant. According to the information made available by the Punch, the 15-year-old who has now given birth to the child and stays with her grandmother maintained that the customs…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rector and Principal of St Joseph’s Seminary Special Science School, Awka-Etiti, Anambra State, Rev Fr Anthony C. Okoye, has praised the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, for reviving and transforming the school that was hugely dilapidated for years. Speaking during…
