LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers have abducted the village chief of the Chida community in Kwali Area Council of the FCT, John Kwayidami, and 13 of his subjects. City & Crime learnt that an 18-year-old boy, identified as Solomon, was shot in the leg by the kidnappers while attempting to escape. A resident of Chida, Ishaya…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi is on the brink of a sensational return to Barcelona after his father, Jorge, held a number of secret meetings with the La Liga side’s representatives at the weekend. Spanish outlet Cadena Ser report that Messi Snr. spent the Easter break in Catalonia, outlining terms for his son’s return to…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a mild drama at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the headquarters of Arik Air, as the Chairman/Founder of the airline, Chief Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide, was barred from entering the company’s premises. Arumemi-Ikhide with some of his aides had arrived the premises of the airline in line with the court order which…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate-past Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that one of the reasons why she was persecuted by a former minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, was her failure to give him a birthday present. She revealed this in her new book released on Tuesday, titled…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums reportedly enforcing a court judgment have been clashing with their counterparts in the Magodo Isheri area of Lagos State. POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that during the clash, the hoodlums, who were armed with weapons, engaged themselves in a free for all, creating tension that sent shivers down the spines of landlords, residents…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three female students of the same parents were abducted by gunmen last Thursday, on their way from school in Ikeja, Lagos. The parents of the victims, Mr. and Mrs. Otulana, said they were yet to get a message on why they were abducted. The victims, two secondary school students and their little…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trailer loaded with powdered milk rammed into a mosque at Suleja, Niger State, on Tuesday, leaving at least three persons trapped. The accident occurred around 6am when many people had left the mosque after morning prayers. According to eye witnesses, the trailer fell on the back section of the mosque…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed “utter dismay” at the recent social media advert by FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, makers of Peak Milk, which used the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday. CAN’s displeasure was contained in a statement on Monday by…
