LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Council of State led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the pardon of 159 convicts including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and ex-Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State, who were both imprisoned for stealing N1.16bn and N1.6bn respectively. Confirming Dariye’s pardon, the Commissioner…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos state police command has arrested a young man identified as Ifeanyi Njoku for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Precious Okeke, 24, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The live-in lovers stayed on Oke Street and it was alleged that Njoku killed his girlfriend for ritual…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 17-year-old boy, identified as Isah Hassan has on Wednesday confessed how he plucked the eyeball of his victim, Mustapha Yunusa, for making charms to disappear from gunmen and bandits in the forest where he goes to fetch firewood in Bauchi State. Hassan, an indigene of Tarauni local government of Kano State…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandit terrorists have detonated bombs on the railtrack of Abuja-Kaduna train and successfully immobilised it. Credible sources confirmed the attack to Pointblanknews.com on Monday night, saying the attack occurred at a point between Katari and Rijana. One of the passengers who confirmed the incident in a telephone call said the attackers…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST(NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor and senator, Rochas Okorocha, has faulted corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying he cannot steal from Imo because he is richer than the state. “How much is Imo State government money? Imo State is really owing me because I never collected my security…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has fixed the National Sports Festival for November 2 to 15, 2022 in Delta State following the resolution of the Technical Committee of the National Council on Sports. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, disclosed this on Monday in Asaba, the Delta State Capital during the…