LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II of Benin has raised the alarm that criminal elements, including bandits and herdsmen, are building camps in forests within his kingdom. The Oba, who disclosed this when he met with Enigie (dukes) in his kingdom in Benin yesterday, urged them to…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some victims of flood in Benin, Edo State took refuge in a Christ Apostolic Church of God Mission, a church within the neighbourhood where the disaster happened on June 24. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the victims were residing at Ogbowan Street and Ogbowan Crescent, Ugbor area of the Government…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle aged woman, Yemi Samuel, has been arrested by men of the Kwara state police command for arranging her own kidnap. Yemi who was paraded before newsmen at the command’s headsquarters in Akure the state capital yesterday June 26th, explained that she arranged her own kidnap in order to raise money…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 46-year-old woman, Ittu Affiong Theresa Tommy, is now on the run after allegedly collecting aircraft spare parts valued at over $1.4 million from a Russian company under the pretext of supplying same to a government agency. She is also been hunted for receiving over N1 billion from a government agency to…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUE 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Nigeria Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Bayelsa Command, has arrested 105 persons while 27.35 kg of illicit drugs were seized in the area between January and June. Bayelsa NDLEA Commander, Mr Abdullahi Abdul, gave the figure at a news briefing to commemorate the International Day Against Drug…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing offences in the country, involving in cyber crimes, known in Nigeria as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’. According to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), it said 29 people were arrested in Ho, the Volta Regional capital but 17 were found involved in…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has denied saying that incidents of kidnapping in Nigeria is ‘’exaggerated and not entirely new”. Osinbajo reportedly made the assertion while addressing Nigerians in Diaspora at a townhall meeting Monday in New York. However, a statement issued and signed by his Senior Special Assistant Mr. Laolu Akande,…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who is the forme president of nigeria, has come out openly to attack Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over some of the issues he (Osinbajo) raised during his visit to the United States of America. The Vice President who spoke in New York yesterday, did claim that, “As at 2010, Nigeria…
