LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has arrested three suspects posing as Local Government Traffic officers for extorting motorists in Oshodi. The suspects, who claimed they are working with Oshodi – Isolo Local Government, Oshodi were arrested yesterday afternoon on the orders of the Chairman, Lagos State Environmental and Special…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Twitter removed on Wednesday a post by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari threatening punishment for regional secessionists blamed for attacks on government buildings. The social media firm said Buhari’s tweet, referring to the 1967-70 civil war in the southeastern Biafra region that killed 1 million people, violated its “abusive behaviour” policy leading to…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be assassins, on Tuesday, killed the Peoples Democratic Party youth leader in the Oru-East Local Government Area of Imo State, Kenneth Amukamara. The hoodlums also burnt Kenneth’s house and damaged the vehicles of his brother, who is said to be a retired soldier. The incident, which happened at Umuokwe,…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed retired AIG Christopher Dega, Senior Special Assistant on Security to Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Plateau Police Command confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Jos. He said that the incident occurred on May 31st at a restaurant in Jos…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Germany-bound Nigerian, Oguchi Unachukwu, was allegedly shot dead by the personnel of the 211 Regiment, Nigerian Air Force, in Owerri, Imo State, on Monday. Oguchi was killed at the tollgate of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport. He was on his way to catch a flight to Lagos, from where he…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Phony companies continue to take advantage of the harsh economic situation in the country to scam people looking to make extra income. Investors in Insha Allahu Asset Management and Investment Limited have been left stranded as the management of the company has closed shop while company CEO Abdulakeem Morendayo is on the…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mohammed Babangida, the son of former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, narrowly escaped death Monday evening when his convoy ran into a trailer loaded with tomatoes along the Minna-Suleja highway. Three of the security guards, all soldiers, died in the accident after their black Prado jeep had a head-on collision with the trailer…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The foreign exchange (Forex) market in Nigeria was thrown into a panic mood on Monday when the value of the Naira significantly depreciated against the Pound Sterling at the parallel market. Business Post reports that the Naira lost N10 against the British currency at the unregulated segment of the FX market to…
