http://ift.tt/2iPCvMP Evans LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Aduba Victor Nonso, a 28-year-old ex-soldier from Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has disclosed how he spent over N3million which billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (popularly known as Evans) gave him for participating in several alleged crimes. According to the ex-soldier, who said he joined the Nigeria Army…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources during the first tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibe Kachikwu, has been mentioned in the criminal charges levelled against Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Herald reports that Alison-Madueke, who was Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015, is charged with receiving bribes in…
The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Attah explained that officers of the NCS, Federal Operation Unit (FOU) zone B, who were on patrol along the waterside, had seized a truck loaded with locally produced rice. According to him, some sacks were concealed under the…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States says it is imposing visa restrictions on “those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda,“ including during the election in January and the campaign period. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a statement said the Ugandan government’s actions “represent a continued downward…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi has penned a heartfelt message to his wife, Margaret Brownson Obi, on her 49th birthday. In a message posted on his social media pages on Saturday, Obi described his Margaret as the “best partner” and “best mother” to their children. He also thanked her for her…
http://ift.tt/2u1KTgw Arrested Over Killing Of NTA Staff In Benin LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS) Mr. Lawrence Okojie, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority was allegedly shot dead by gunmen on Saturday night in Benin, NAN reports. Okojie was reported to have been killed around Ogunola Junction, off Siluko Road. The spokesman of the State Police…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was deposed as emir of Kano on Monday, into the board of KADIPA, its investment promotion agency. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said Governor Nasir El-Rufai approved the reconstitution of the board of KADIPA. Established in 2015,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is set to repatriate 9, 800 refugees from Cameroon to Nigeria as representatives have arrived in Marwa, in Cameroon to complete the move. The 9,800 refugees are those in the first phase of the repatriation from Cameroon from the 46,000 Nigerians taking refuge in Minawao camp in the country. According to…