LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After a grueling electioneering process that spanned months, Nigeria now has a new President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces who will steer the ship of the country for the next four years. He is 71-year-old Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, was inaugurated as Nigeria’s President on Monday,…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in Plateau State yesterday evening as a truck conveying the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Pankshin venue of their governorship campaign rally in Plateau Central Zone veered off the road and crashed into the bush, killing several persons and leaving others critically injured. A source at the community said the truck…
http://ift.tt/2uuDvKT LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has condemned the unprovoked attacks and molestation of operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps on the highways and vowed to prosecute all those involved. According to Bisi Kazeem, Corps Public Education Officer, FRSC, the Corps Marshal’s response came on the heels of the recent…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government destroyed 2.5tons of confiscated elephant tusks worth over $11.2million (N9.9billion) as part of efforts to safeguard its diminishing elephant population. The elephant tusks seized from wildlife traffickers were gathered to be destroyed in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday, January 09, 2024. Explaining the motive behind this, the country’s environment minister,…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of a 15-year-old boy, Pelumi Sulaimon, have been thrown into mourning after soldiers attached to Operation MESA allegedly shot him dead around Makoko, in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According to residents in the area, the soldiers were hired by political thugs to carry out a reprisal on their…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has filed an application at the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to unfreeze his bank account. He is also seeking an order of the court to strike out his name and that of his company, Slok…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has been commended for his prompt arrest of the five policemen, attached to the Inspector-General of Police Special Tactical Squad, who allegedly collected over N700,000 via PoS from Kareem Damilari Jamiu, an Estate Agent, on Monday. In statement on Thursday, made available to our…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, in line with his commitment to caring for poor and indigent people in society, and his monthly charitable outreach, has released funds for the empowerment of 100 indigent women in Nsukka, Enugu State. The former Anambra…