LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brigadier General John Shagaya Rtd, a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria died in a lone traffic crash that occurred at about 14.45 hours along Langtang – Pankshin road, on his way to Jos, on Sunday. Bisi Kazeem, spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), in a statement, on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mystery snake is said to have sneaked into the accounts office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital and made away with N36 million cash. Before now, JAMB candidates purchased scratch cards from JAMB state offices and other designated centers, to gain access to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Youths from the six geo-political zones on Friday described the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as one of the most competent and honest politicians in the world. “Oyegun is an impeccably honest man, certainly a rare variety among politicians today. Even the opposition can swear to…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the killing of Mr Okaye Igali, the Southern Ijaw branch Chairman of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE) by unidentified assassins. DSP Asinim Butswat, the Spokesman of the state Police Command, confirmed the murder to newsmen Saturday in Yenagoa. “Igali `m`age 53,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BokO Haram terrorist group has released three abducted University of Maiduguri lecturers in Magumeri, Borno State. Also released from the Boko Haram terrorists were 10 women kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa Road, near Maiduguri. Their release followed series of negotiations as directed by…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The media aide to former military President Ibrahim Babangida, Kassim Afegbua, says his life is now in danger, following the receipt of series of unknown phone calls from people threatening him and his family. Afegbua had been visiting offices of the Nigerian Police and the Directorate of State Department (DSS) since he…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives from the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have busted a six-man goods diversion syndicate alleged to have successfully diverted a consignment from Lagos ports and disposing them at giveaway prices in Imo state. .They were nabbed after the owner of a truck carrying a 40ft container containing 608 pieces of imported…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian airline says it’s a passenger’s fault that he fell out of a plane shortly after it landed. The unidentified man fell out of the Dana Air plane’s emergency door as it taxied shortly after landing in Abuja. The airline claims the exit couldn’t have popped open “without a conscious effort…