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…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Benue Government says it will bury victims of the January 1 attacks on Thursday, January 11. 73 persons were gunned down by unknown assailants who invaded five villages in Guma and Logo Local Governments on new year’s day. Several others were injured while 50,000 persons were displaced. Governor Samuel Ortom announced…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command says it has uncovered an apartment in Ejigbo area of Lagos, suspected to be used as transit camp for child trafficking. Six children, aged between three and 10, were found in the one-room apartment. The custodian of the children, one Comfort Awanaesan, was also apprehended in the…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s president on Tuesday blamed clashes between Muslim cattle herders and Christian farmers on the clamor for land in the face of a population rapidly approaching 200 million people. At least 83 people have been killed in the communal violence since Dec. 31. Muhammadu Buhari, who called for calm, has already ordered…
