LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation HADARIN DAJI (OPHD) have gunned down a soldier identified as James Kingsley after he opened fire and killed one of his senior officers. The officer killed by Kingsley – a Second Lieutenant – was identified as OC Ukachuckwu (N/19548)). A military source who…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given President Bola Tinubu a 14-day ultimatum to implement concrete measures to tackle the rising cost of living crisis in the country. The students’ body which lamented the hardships faced by Nigerians warned that failure to come out with implementable policies that would address…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Parents of kidnapped Ekiti pupils said fried rice, black bullets, energy drinks, milk and N15 million were offered to secure the release of their children. The schoolchildren attend the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in Emure-Ekiti in Emure LGA. The pupils and their teachers were abducted while returning home in a school…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gabonese referee Pierre Ghislain Atcho has been dismissed from the AFCON 2023 by the CAF Referees Committee headed by Ivorian Désiré Doué Noumandiez, BSNSports.com.ng reports. During the round of 16 match between Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal, referee Atcho gave a yellow card to Sadio Mane for a critical foul which many believed…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has died. He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, a source told SaharaReporters on Sunday. He was 73 years old. Another source close to the family posted on his Facebook page: “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. “Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-14 passengers have been kidnapped from two motor companies enroute Abuja. The two motor companies include God Is Good Motors where 12 passengers were abducted and another two passengers from ABC Motor. According to Arise News in its x platform, “The incident, according to eyewitness occurred at Inele Eteke Ogugu New Road…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The stiff competition for Nigerian Afrobeats stars at this year’s Grammy Awards ended with a disappointing outlook, as South African singer and songwriter, Tyla Laura Seethal, popularly known as Tyla, took home the golden gramophone for Best African Music Performance — an all-new category — at the 2024 GRAMMYs. The South African…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Belgium government says Nigeria has the highest number of prostitutes in the country, saying many of them are sleeping in extremely cold weather among other illegal migrants in the country. Director General, Office of Foreigners, Belgium, Mr. Freddy Roosemont, disclosed this at the weekend while speaking to journalists in Abuja. Speaking…
