LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In one of the biggest hauls of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in recent times, a Nigerian man was nabbed with 1.2 kg heroin at Vadodara railway station on Wednesday in India. According to TimesofIndia, Madubueze Nonso Charles, 38, was arrested around 3.30 am. “When we searched his luggage, we found three concealed…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian student, identified as Hillary, was killed by a rival cult group during an election, last night, 9th of March 2018, at Chattarpur, New Delhi, India. According to reports, the clash was between Maphite and Black Axe cult groups. Trouble started during the All India Nigerian Students and Community Association (AINSCA)…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group has called on the governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, to declare his stand on President Muhammadu Buhari’s ambition to run for 2019 presidency. The group, under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adalci Buhari Saka said Tambuwal must declare whether he is with President Buhari or not,…
LAGOS MARC 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facebook will be helping Nigeria with its upcoming 2019 presidential elections. This comes after a team from Facebook, led by Ebele Okobi (Facebook’s Public Policy Director for Afrika) visited and met with Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explore various ways in which they could work together on voter education and…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Libya returnees from Edo state have accused the federal government of abandoning them and failing to fulfil its promise of empowering them with funds after giving them initial training. The returnees, while accusing the federal government of neglect, said more Nigerians would continue to flee to Libya if the situation in…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two people, a soldier and a yet to be identified woman, Friday, lost their lives while several others were injured in a multiple traffic accidents involving several vehicles in Nyanya, along Abuja-Keffi Expressway, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. According to eyewitness accounts, the accident was caused when a Sino truck…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorochas is to host no fewer than two hundred online media practitioners made of bloggers and online publishers in Owerri, Imo State in the thirty six states of Nigeria. A flier made available to NewsRangers stated that the event organize by Online Media Practitioners of Nigeria (OMPAN) with…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an exparte application seeking the leave to bring an application for an Order of Mandamus to compel the Inspector-General of Police to arrest and prosecute Senator Andy Uba over allegation of certificate forgery. A civil society organisation, Anti-Corruption…