LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people are feared dead as suspected Boko haram insurgents invaded Gudunbari town of Guzamala local government area on Saturday morning, a security source said. The insurgents recaptured the town after several hours of gun battle with Nigeria troops. The source said the troops were overpowered around 5:00am on Saturday. ” As…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The assistant commissioner of police in charge of Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), Abayomi Shogunle, has revealed how the police retrieved N11.1 million as bribes collected within the last two years by police officers across the country. Mr Shogunle stated this in Osogbo during a sensitisation for police officers towards the…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A leading Anti-Corruption Organization in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has filled a petition to the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) against the former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar for incorporating…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the posting of new Police Commissioners to Kano, Zamfara and Enugu states. Statement signed by Force Public Relation Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi sighted by NewsRangers said CP Abubakar Lawal was posted to the Kano State Police Command as the…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian football was thrown into mourning again on Thursday following the death of former Super Eagles goalkeeper and 1994 AFCON winner Peter Rufai, who passed on at the age of 61, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Rufai was said to have died in Lagos in the early hours of Thursday following a brief…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defense Department plans to send a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to help Americans flee a region bracing for a significant escalation in the simmering conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to three defense officials. The U.S. forces will add…
http://ift.tt/2u020yy Lagos State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has announced restriction of vehicular movement in the state on Saturday July 22, 2017 in view of the elections that will hold across the 20 Local Government and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) across the state. According…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER- (NEWSRANGERS) – A military court in Burkina Faso on Monday convicted and jailed two generals on charges of masterminding a coup in the fragile Sahel state in 2015. General Gilbert Diendere was convicted on charges of murder and harming state security and handed a 20-year prison term, while General Djibrill Bassole, accused of…