LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush what he called an armed mutiny after the private army of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin seized control of a southern city as part of an attempt to oust the military leadership. In Russia’s first armed insurrection since the Chechen wars 20 years ago, heavily armed…
By Odita Sunday-Udemaguna LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.” This Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow aptly describes the immediate past Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo. He is…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking has arrested a 48-year-old man, Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro, 28, for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby. It was reported that the suspects allegedly sold the baby to fund their drug addiction. The suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, who…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has disclosed that over 116 houses were submerged at Trademore Estate in Abuja as a result of heavy downpour Friday morning. Speaking during an on-the-spot assessment visit to the scene of the incident, the director-general of the Agency, Dr. Abbas Idriss, noted that no life was…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s plane left Moscow on the afternoon of June 24 amid an ongoing rebellion led by PMC Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring project said on Telegram on June 24, citing data from the Flightradar24 service. The Russian government’s Il-96−300PU aircraft took off from Vnukovo Airport at 14:16…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A girl, identified as Nnnena Onu working for a hotel in Ebocha in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been allegedly tortured to death by her employer following her failure to account for the sum of N17,500. It was gathered that the girl was locked in one of the…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Augustine Wokocha, has faulted calls being made on the former governor, Nyesom Wike to defect and lead the opposition party in the state. Recall that a former Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Chief Tony Okocha at a news briefing in…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration And Control, on Thursday, paraded some suspected drug and food fraudsters. Director General, NAFDAC, Prof. Christianah Adeyeye, in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Friday, said one Mr Okeke Francis of No. 28 Otigba Crescent, G.R.A. Onitsha, Anambra State, was arrested with…
