LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded a mosque and abducted 17 persons at Gwargwada-Sabo community in Gadabuke development area of Nasarawa State. It was gathered that among those kidnapped were a library staff with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, three women and 13 other male adults. A resident of the community,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, announced the donation of N20 million each to families of soldiers and policemen killed by members of proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organisation of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo last week. According to reports, five soldiers and three policemen were killed on October 21 while the area…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Lagos residents have appealed to the police to return to their duty posts and ensure the safety of lives and property. The appeal was made on Tuesday on social media platforms following the continued absence of the police on Lagos roads. Well, Lagosians reminded the police that it was their job…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Police command has rearrested 10 inmates who escaped from the Benin Medium Custodial Centre and Oko Medium Custodial Centre, in Benin, the Edo State capital. Six of the escapees were rearrested for alleged armed robbery while one was arrested for attempting to kill the prosecution witness who testified against…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja has rejected a plea by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to issue a warrant of arrest against a former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Wednesday held that an affidavit with evidence in support to proof that the earlier court summon granted the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Trade Organization’s bid to select a new leader was plunged into uncertainty on Wednesday after the United States rejected the Nigerian woman proposed as the global trade watchdog’s next director-general. Just six days before the U.S. election in which trade is a hot topic, Washington struck another blow at the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven persons believed to be Nigerians have been arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of seizing control of an oil ship, Nave Andromeda. According to the BBC, the stowaways are believed to have boarded the Southampton-bound ship in Lagos on October 5, 2020 in search of asylum. However, as the ship approached the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-SMUGGLERS are having a free ride along the Mile2/Seme Expressway, Lagos, transporting large quantities of imported rice, frozen poultry products, vegetable oil, fish and other banned imports into the country. Vanguard Maritime Report gathered that as a result of the #EndSARS protest by Nigerian youths across the nation and the subsequent civil…
