LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has described the events leading to the kidnap and release of the Dapchi schoolgirls by the Boko Haram insurgents as a scam by the APC-led government. The Presidency confirmed the release of 101 out of 110 schoolgirls kidnapped from the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram on Wednesday returned the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped from the Government Girls School in Yobe. Report reaching NewsRangers revealed that the insurgents group returned the girls in six vehicles, an episode similar to how they were taken away. Report from TVC which disclosed that newsmen where not allowed to witness…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 15-year-old pupil at the Community Secondary School, Akenfa-Epie, in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, identified only as Emmanuel, has been arrested with a gun. Emmanuel was allegedly arrested on Monday with a locally-made pistol during lecture hours. It was learnt that the teenager was apprehended while in school…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS) – A Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ija-Ugbo area of Arogbo Ijaw, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday collapsed, killing a pregnant woman, Dali Gunuboh, and five other persons. The names of other victims of the building collapse were given as Morenike Bubuma, Margret Goloba, Mayama Goloba and…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s permission was needed for him to effect withdrawal of police personnel attached to politicians, public office holders and senior citizens in the country. The police boss also revealed that the withdrawal of personnel would be nationwide, DailyPost reports. Idris…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to remove Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, from office. Justice John Tsoho dismissed the suit on grounds that the plaintiffs, Michael Elokun, Ibrahim Sule and Mrs Hauwa Audi had no business instituting the case, Daily Post Reports. DAILY POST reports that…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has praised the decision of the Police Force, to withdraw its officers from guarding private individuals and organisations in the country. The Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, on Monday announced the withdrawal of the officers said to number about 150,000. Atiku, in a statement signed by his…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A trader, Mrs. Mariam Ajao, has raised the alarm after her husband, Moruf, was allegedly abducted by some operatives of the Department of State Services, Lagos State Command. Mariam said the security operatives stormed her family’s residence in the Aguda, Surulere area around 1.30am on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, The Nigerian Lawyer…