LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped an Abuja-based officer of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja, Musa Lawal. The victim, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3, was whisked away by his abductors in Kogi State. It was gathered that some heavily armed men numbering five invaded his residence located behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja on Monday night…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 40 bakeries have closed shop in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over cost of production and multiple taxation and hike in electricity tariff, among others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the bakeries visited were not opened for business due to operational cost and multiple…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP and 185…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Twitter user, identified as Ameerah Sufyan, raised the alarm on Tuesday after an alleged kidnapping incident involving three pregnant women and two children. In a series of tweets, Sufyan alleged that she and other 16 victims were abducted at gunpoint from different parts of Abuja by men in police uniforms and…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday evening paid an unscheduled visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the latter’s Aguda House residence, Abuja. The APC flag bearer also visited President Muhammadu Buhari before proceeding to Aguda House. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Tinubu defeated…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police say a man who had a row with a Muslim cleric died in the capital, Abuja, after being set ablaze by a mob supporting the cleric. Ahmad Usman, 30, was in a local vigilante group and police say about 200 people were mobilised against him. Eyewitnesses said the row was…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Drivers, security officials and supporters of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday exchanged blows at the party secretariat over a cash gift from Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi. Umahi had breezed into the Secretariat to see the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, two days after he was screened by the John Odigie-led…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the Global Estate in the Lokogoma area of Abuja on Sunday as hundreds of okada riders took laws into their hands and set houses ablaze over the death of their colleagues. Two okada riders were reportedly knocked down and killed by a motorist, which sparked off serious rampage…