LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency on Friday said the health of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, who was admitted into Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, on December 26, 2017 following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident, has improved remarkably and he is ready to be discharged. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr….
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Delta State on Thursday after an explosion affected the Nigeria Gas Company pipeline at the Ugbokodo community, near the Warri Refinery in Okpe Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that some residents, including children, who fled into the bush following the raging fire were still…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arrested notorious Niger Delta militant Peregbakumo Oyawerikumo, alias Karowei who was arrested on Thursdaywas alleged to have died in the custody of Joint Military Task Force (JTF). Urhobotoday learnt that Karowei died on Thursday night in a controversial manner after his reported surrender and subsequent arrest at Ogbobagbene community, country home of…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two notorious kidnappers – Igwe Sunday, 28; and Chukwuemeka Bright, 21 – who were fleeing with their victim, were on Wednesday arrested by the police in Lagos. They were arrested with their victim, Mildred Mbajiorgu, at about 9:43pm at Elemoro, Ajah, Lagos State. The tight security network put in place by the…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives have arrested the culprit involved in the recent killing of a security personnel on Edegbene Community in Burutu Local Government Area òf Delta State. A police statement identified the suspect who had been on the run since the unfortunate incident took place as a one Oyawerikumor Peregbabofa alias Kareowei. According…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four soldiers and some militants have been reportedly killed in a bloody clash between militants and soldiers in an ongoing military operation to fish out those behind the beheading of a security official at Toru-Ndoro community in Ekeremor Local Government Area, Bayelsa. The military had engaged in the operation…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Academic activities were paralysed in public primary and secondary schools in Bayelsa following strike by the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) over outstanding salaries. Primary school teachers are being owed eight months salary backlog while secondary school teacher’s arreas stand at four months. There was…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Due to high cost of transport fares as a result of fuel scarcity in Kwara state, students of University Of Ilorin (UNLORIN), Ilorin, Kwara State has resorted to use trailers as means of transport. A survey conducted revealed that a litre of petrol now sells for between N300 and N400 in the…