LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following recent killings in the country, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, yesterday, declared his readiness to lead fight against killer herdsmen. Calling for a South-West Security Summit to discuss herdsmen killings in the zone, Adams noted that events of the last few months have shown that Nigeria is…
LAGOS JULY4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gang of robbers have met their Waterloo at Morogbo, in the Badagry area of Lagos State after they were caught for robbing a bank customer of N250,000. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects were beaten to a pulp by a mob on Friday before they were handed over to policemen from the…
LAGOS JULY 4H (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force says investigation is ongoing to arrest the suspected killers of seven policemen in Galadimawa area of Abuja. Suspected gunmen on Monday night at a roundabout in Galadimawa area of Abuja killed the policemen who were on stop-and-search duty. The force spokesman and Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jimoh…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-nine out of the 55 members of the African Union have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. However, Nigeria and five other countries failed to sign the deal. This was revealed by AU Chairperson and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, as he made the announcement in Nouakchott during the…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate plans to amend the Constitution to allow for the creation of state and community police. Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed the plan on Tuesday, three days after he faulted the country’s security infrastructure and called for the removal of incapable security chiefs. “Today, my colleagues and I in the eighth…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANAGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Services on Tuesday swooped on a popular secondary school in Ado-Ekiti, Ola Oluwa Muslim Grammar School, and arrested some members of staff. Those arrested are the Secretary to the Principal, one Mrs. Olagbemi, and an Office Assistant, one Mrs. Ogunrinde. They were arrested for allegedly collecting…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – The White House said on Monday that Canada’s decision to enact tariffs on C$16.6 billion ($12.63 billion) worth of American goods in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on imports of Canadian steel and aluminum would not help its economy. “Escalating tariffs against the United States does nothing to help Canada. It…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the arraignment of Abuja-based lawyer, Ben Chuks Nwosu, and three Channels TV anchors over presumed contempt. Justice Okon Abang on Tuesday ordered the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) to also arraign anchors of Sunrise Programme on Channels TV, Chamberlain Usoh,…