LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have dismantled a drug trafficking syndicate that concealed cocaine in tins of palm kernel extract bound for the United Kingdom, arresting key suspects including the alleged kingpin in Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday, informing that the operation…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Obidient Movement has said it will not back down on its planned nationwide protest against the Independent National Electoral Commission, insisting the demonstration will go ahead despite mounting tension. The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, gave the warning in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, maintaining that…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty-one civilians held hostage following a Sunday morning church attack in north-west Nigeria have been rescued, the army has said. Five others were killed as gunmen targeted Easter celebrations at a church in Ariko, Kaduna state, according to a statement from the security forces. A local church official had earlier put the…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US and Israel’s war on Iran has disrupted supply chains, trapping oil in storage facilities across the Middle East. That has caused the price of oil to rocket past $100 a barrel, and its availability to diminish. Jet fuel prices, as a result, reached $195 at the end of March, up…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential frontrunner and the Labour Party’s 2023 Presidential flagbearer, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians at Easter to be very hopeful of an Alleluya Sunday after the Good Friday sorrow. Writing on his X handle the former Anambra state Governor said in his Easter message to…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of at least eight communities in Lagos State were plunged into a state of panic following coordinated invasions by suspected hoodlums and armed robbers. Findings by PUNCH Metro revealed that the separate incidents left seven communities within the Oshodi area and another community in Ikotun gripped by fear. While the…
By Jake Conley LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices plunged on Tuesday afternoon on signals that Iranian leadership may be open to negotiations to end the war — the first such move from the regime since the start of the conflict. In comments first reported by state media, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told EU Council…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have invaded a wedding party in Kahir village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing 13 while abducting an unspecified number of people. A resident of Kagarko, Shehu Bala, who confirmed the incident to our reporter through the telephone on Monday, said it happened around 11:47 pm on…