LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four soldiers and two policemen have been abducted by Boko Haram insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Yobe state. The insurgents, according to sources who spoke with theCable, attacked the security officers in an ambush near Auno village on Damaturu-Maiduguri road. They were said to have appeared in military uniforms and mounted a…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A burglar has reportedly died after jumping from a two-storey building in a community in Imo state. According to Vanguard, the Imo state police command, on Friday, said that a suspected burglar, name Uche Akunacha, male, 41-year-old, died after he jumped from a window to escape. The police state Public Relation…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans has made some shocking revelations in a video played during his trial in an Ikeja Hight Court on Friday. In the video played in the courtroom during the cross-examination of the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) Insp. Idowu Haruna by Mr Emmanuel Ochai, the defence counsel to…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran announced Saturday that its military “unintentionally” shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it was responsible. The plane was shot down early Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on two military bases…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Agility community at Mile 12 area of Lagos State are presently filled with anger. This followed the death of an 18-year-old girl, Amaka Nweke. Amaka was said to have been beaten to death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Nweke, for not only dating a Yoruba guy, but also…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Japanese billionaire will give away more than $9 million to 1,000 people on Twitter to see if it improves their happiness. All they had to do to get it was retweet him. Online shopping mogul Yusaku Maezawa will divvy up 1 billion yen (around $9 million) among the Twitter users. Winners…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hours after its inauguration, the Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), on Thursday, January 8, has kicked against the formation of ‘Operation Amotekun’ in the southwest zone of the country. Daily Trust reports that the national president of NYCN, Isah Abubakar, in a statement issued in Kaduna, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, not…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police Force said it has commenced an investigation to ascertain the authenticity of the video showing some persons in Police uniform allegedly captured with a POS machine and demanding ATM card from a member of the public. The police authorities disclosed this in a statement released on Friday. In the…
