LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Everton have signed forward, Alex Iwobi, from Arsenal on a five-year deal worth up to £34m. Iwobi came through the ranks at the Gunners, playing 149 times and scoring 15 goals. The Nigeria forward is Marco Silva’s seventh summer signing. Iwobi joins fellow new arrivals goalkeeper Jonas Lossl, defender Djibril Sidibe, midfielders…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A group of under-armed locals successfully drove away a gang of 15 heavily armed terrorists who came in the dead of night to assassinate a priest in north-central Nigeria, wrote a former U.S. State Department official Tuesday. The attempted assassination took place last Thursday night in Kaduna State, an area divided between…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have demanded that the Nigerian Army should produce kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume, allegedly set free by soldiers who attacked a police team in Taraba State on Tuesday. Three officers described as best hand in the police and one other person were killed when soldiers opened fire on the bus conveying…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An assistant superintendent of police, Vincent Maxwell, has said that the policemen who were killed by soldiers were involved in the arrest of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans, a Boko Haram commander and several of his group members. The ASP further said the late policemen also rescued the father-in-law…
Mu By Amos Odeh LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to the fight against cancer and other killer diseases in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this in a message at the Groundbreaking ceremony and fund raising of the Goldcoast Memorial Center and launch of the Henry Seriake Dickson Foundation at…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has arrested suspected killer soldier who alledgedly shot and killed a motorcyclist in Aba, the commercial city of Abia State, Igbere TV report. It had earlier been reported that a motorcyclist, identified as Mr. Chimaobi Nwaogu, was allegedly killed by soldiers stationed in the Ogborhill axis of Aba for…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Defence Headquarters to begin investigation of the incident involving the troops of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba, which resulted in the death of three police officers and a civilian. Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, said President Buhari gave the directive on Thursday during a meeting of…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-Calabar Rovers and Super Eagles star Etim Esin has vowed to sue Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, over alleged character defamation. Esin is threatening to drag the governor to court over his statement to Villareal and Super Eagles winger, Samuel Chukwueze, whom he told not to toe the way of Etim Esin…
