LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, refuses to grant Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team (PRTT), bail. Delivering a ruling, Justice Okon Abang, alleged that Maina’s application for bail lacked merit. Justice Abang said though it was at the court discretion to grant bail, the ex-pension reformed boss…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An oil tanker exploded killing no fewer than ten people, leaving others badly injured in Abuja. The explosion happened in the Gawu area of Abaji Local Government Area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The incident happened on Sunday when a tanker was trying to avoid colliding with a truck. After noticing…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has arrested six suspects in Apo over alleged kidnapping. This is contained in a statement by ASP Mariam Yusuf, FCT Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Abuja on Sunday. Yusuf said the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence report indicating that they had…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A PUNCH journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, who was abducted by gunmen on Wednesday night has regained his freedom. Nnodim reunited with his family on Saturday night. “I am back home. I am back,” Nnodim said on the telephone. His wife, Oluchi, also confirmed the development on the telephone. “My husband is back. I…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are living in palpable fear as kidnappers now operate freely without hindrance from security operatives. Around midnight on Thursday, four gunmen scaled the fence to the house of a journalist with Punch Newspapers, Mr Okechukwu Nnodim, in Abuja, shooting sporadically into the air. After…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers of Okechukwu Nnodim, a correspondent with The Punch have demanded the sum of N10m as ransom to secure his release. The kidnappers, according to sources closed to the family contacted Nnodim’s sister in Lagos on the telephone. The assailants had stormed his residence around Arab road area, Kubwa, Abuja, where they…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has called for the immediate release of Okechukwu Nnodim, a correspondent with the Punch Newspapers. Nnodim was allegedly kidnapped by four gunmen in his Abuja home who gained access to his residence by scaling his fence after firing several gunshots in the air. In…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted a PUNCH journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, at his house in the Arab road area of Kubwa, Abuja, on Wednesday night. The kidnappers also attacked his neighbours and went away with the two sons of a widow, Mrs Faith Gbeyide. Narrating the incident on Thursday, Nnodim’s wife, Oluchi explained that her…