LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a chaotic Wednesday in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State as angry youths from Amaise, Umuokereke Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia state took to Aba-Ikot Ekpene expressway in Aba to protest against the killing of their kinsman Chimaobi Nwaogu Uzoukwa, who was reportedly killed by a…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army on Wednesday offered explanation for the killing of three policemen on covert duties in Taraba State by its personnel. The explanation was offered in a statement by the spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Sagir Musa. The Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Frank Mba, had earlier…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Government has filed at the Kaduna High Court “terms for strict supervision of the medical leave” granted an Islamic cleric, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah Mr El-Zakzaky and his wife were granted leave to travel to India by a Kaduna high court after their lawyers proved his health…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers in Taraba State have killed three policemen who went to arrest a wanted kidnap kingpin and set the suspect free. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Frank Mba. According to Mba, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered full-fledged investigations…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), is set to arraign a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu for alleged money laundering, the Guardian learnt. It was gathered that Iwu will be arraigned at a federal High Court, sitting in Lagos on a four-count charge bordering…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Ogungbenro, a journalist with Sahara Reporters who was arrested by the police during the #RevolutionNow protest at National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos has been released. Ogungbenro and eight others were released on Tuesday after perfecting their bail conditions. They were first held at Area C command before later moved to Lagos State…
LAGOS AUUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Documents have surfaced on how global rights group, Amnesty International, wrote letters to military dictators and high-handed Presidents demanding the release of several persons who are now key members of today’s government. Some of the personalities who AI intervened on their behalf include: President Muhammadu Buhari, All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu;…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, on Wednesday offered employment to Augustine Nwagbara, a Nigerian professor who was sacked by a Ghanaian university. Mr Nwagbara was in June sent away from the University of Education, Winneba, where he was on sabbatical, after a video of him addressing an informal meeting…
