LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Two members of a five-man gang of highway robbers were in the early hours of Saturday, February 27, 2021, smashed by police detectives attached to the Ogun State Command. The gang had barely stationed at the Sagamu Interchange on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, waiting to strike, when a police patrol team from Sagamu…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Chibok community in Borno State, including residents, family, and church members of Pastor Bulus Yakuru have contributed undisclosed amount of money as ransom to Boko Haram to secure the life of Pastor Yakuru who has been given one-week ultimatum to live. According to SaharaReporters, the elders in the Chibok community are presently…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The prevailing market volatility at the crypto market led to heavy losses of global investors’ funds when roughly $70 billion worth of crypto positions evaporated into thin air within a day. The downward trend gained momentum immediately after the flagship crypto touched below the $45,000 value amid several large sell orders placed…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A transborder drug trafficker, 36-year-old Nkem Timothy, alias Auwalu Audu has been arrested in Sokoto by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while trying to cross to Algeria through the Niger Republic with 62 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine weighing 1.550kg, which has an estimated street value…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Recently, our correspondent visited the Idiroko Border community to observe firsthand the modus-operandi of smuggling and other illicit activities in the area as well as the unique role of security operatives. Idiroko is a town in Ipokia local government of Ogun State, Nigeria. It is situated along the Nigeria-Benin border and has…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, says he will contest for the chairmanship of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) if the position is zoned to the North-east. Mr Sheriff said this on Saturday in Damaturu, Yobe State. Mr…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger State government has announced the release of 38 people abducted from the Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi local government area of the state. The figure is lower than the 42 persons reported to have been kidnapped from the school last week. Before their release, the government stated that 27…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ condemned in the strongest of terms the remarks made on Arise TV last Wednesday by Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi where he labeled Journalists as criminals for calling bandits criminals. A press statement signed by Chris Isiguzo, National President of NUJ stated that the unnecessary and…
