LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Elijah Ahmed, for stealing eight refrigerators in a hotel where he works. The spokesperson for the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement at the weekend said five of the stolen refrigerators were recovered from the suspect while he sold…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings in western Colombia for survivors after the country’s strongest earthquake this century killed at least 132 people and caused widespread devastation, according to local media. Emergency teams in the worst affected cities, including Cali and Pereira, have been working through the night and into Tuesday, listening…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Syrian court has sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, after convicting him of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war. Assad fled from Damascus to Moscow with his family after his regime was overthrown in December 2024, ending his family’s five-decade grip…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Passengers were left stranded on Tuesday morning as aviation labour unions grounded Air Peace operations in Lagos and Abuja over allegations that the airline had prevented its workers from unionising and failed to remit ticket sales charges due to the .Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The National Union of Air Transport…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress ( NDC), Mr. Peter Obi has dismissed as false a report attributing to him a statement that Nigerian soldiers should reject any salary increase until after the elections. Obi, in a clarification, said the claim was entirely untrue, stressing that he has profound respect…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The South African Consul-General to Nigeria, Prof. Bobby Moroe, has disclosed that visa applications from Nigerians to South Africa have almost doubled, despite concerns over attacks on foreigners and safety in the country. Moroe made the disclosure during an interview on Nigerian Info FM, monitored by SaharaReporters, while assuring Nigerians that South…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mohammed Ma’aji, a Nigerian Army colonel accused of leading an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government, says he was motivated by patriotism and concern over the country’s deteriorating condition, rather than personal ambition. Ma’aji noted that his concerns were shaped by economic hardship, poor governance and what he described…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Zacch Adedeji, has dismissed online reports linking the NRS to an imaginary fraud related to the Frontier Exploration Fund, calling it sponsored fake news. The report had alleged the transfer of $279 million from the Fund’s account to some unnamed accounts and…
