LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The banditry activities in Niger state have taken a different dimension as the bandits have now adopted a different approach of asking communities to contribute certain amount of money every month or risk attack. Rather than the usual kidnapping and demanding for ransom from relations of victims, the bandits are said to…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, saw his total net worth drop by $900m on Friday as his flagship company emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people, showed that his…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Powerful Pen Media Chapel of Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN), has concluded plans to hold a special Congress in Lagos. The Power Pen Magazine is a publication of Maritime Journalist Association Of Nigeria (MAJAN). The Congress slated for Thursday, January 14, 2021, has a theme, ‘Apapa Traffic And Skyrocketing Inflation…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Anibeze said Chukwu was full of life and cracked many jokes during their chat. He said Chukwu was elated by the birthday messages from President Muhammadu Buhari and the galaxy of football stars who paid him tribute on Segun Odegbami’s programme on NTA, The Parliament. Abadi Pele, Anthony Bafoe, Yaya Toure,…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious kidnapper who has been on the police wanted list for the past months has been arrested by men of the Edo state police command. The suspect identified as Dauda Yusuf and his gang members was said to have been terrorising Auchi, Igarra, Okpilla, Fugar, Agenebode and environs, all in Edo…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rescuers searching for the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on Saturday say they have located the plane’s black box flight recorder and obtained communications data. The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said late on Sunday evening that…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Billionaire lottery businessman and chairman of Premier Lotto, Sir Kessington Adebutu, is bereaved as he has lost one of his wives, Rosemary Dacosta Kesington-Adebutu. Mrs. Adebutu died on January 9 after a brief illness. Details about her death are still sketchy however family sources claim she was hale and hearty until this weekend when…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Damaturu, Yobe State, have arrested four persons over the death of an 18-year old female at a government guest lodge in Damaturu. The incident occurred on Thursday. The police have arrested the suspects who are now at the Police B Division in Damaturu. Police sources said the prime suspect…
