LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a one-time child soldier who morphed into a brutal commander in the notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity, ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages. Dominic Ongwen, who was abducted by the shadowy militia…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leader of the banditry group operating along Shinkafi/Sokoto Road, Zamfara State, Kachalla Turji, has said members of the group are not afraid of death. Turji also accused the Nigerian government and Zamfara State government of reneging on a series of promises made to them. He disclosed this during a peace meeting with…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former US President Donald Trump, has denied allegations that he instigated the Capitol riots. He equally claimed that the US senate has no power to impeach him, noting that he “holds no public office from which he can be removed.” On the 6th of January, 2021, alleged Trump’s supporters stormed the US…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North-east local government area of Edo state in protest against the activities of herdsmen in the area. The women accused the herders of incessant rape and kidnapping. With pictures of them chanting, ‘#FulanimustGo’, the women said they…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four days after he was kidnapped on Saturday, January 30, 2021, along the Benin-Akure road on his way to Lagos from Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, the decomposing body of Prince Eloniyo Dennis Abuda was found on Tuesday near the small town of Agbanikaka, Ovia North East Local…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three Policemen yesterday died in a road accident that occurred on the Enugu- Abakaliki highway, Ebonyi State. It was gathered that 10 others who were in the police Hilux van also sustained serious injuries The officers were returning from the crisis-ravaged Effium community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits on Monday went on the rampage again in the Ogbor Hill area of Aba, Abia state, killing four more transaction point of sale (POS) outlet cashiers and carting away money stolen from them. This is coming barely three days after four armed robbers struck at a POS outlet along the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding the office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has taken a legal dimension with a suit asking the federal high court to stop Mohammed Adamu from further parading himself as the holder of the office. In an originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/106/2021, the plaintiff, Maxwell Opara, an Abuja based legal…
