LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It looks like a fairy tale from a fiction book, or a folklore, told by a talented storyteller. It is the story of an Abuja beggar, Fatima Adamu, and an itinerant labourer, Usher Titus. Ordinarily, it sounds too good to be true, but it is real! It began on a cloudy afternoon…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have struck again in Kuje suburbs of Abuja, killing one person and abducting a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, along with his two children. The attack happened at Dafara community whose District Head, Makeri Joseph, told newsmen in Kuje on Thursday, October 10th…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting started at the President’s office around 3pm. Jonathan had arrived at the forecourt of the State House around 2.58pm He was coming to the Presidential Villa for the first time under the second term…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has disclosed the federal government’s intention to cancel the operational licences of eight power distribution companies over alleged breached of some provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act in July 2019. The Commission listed the eight power firms to include Abuja, Benin, Enugu and Ikeja…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Board of Inquiry set up by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, put together at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari has recommended sanctions for five personnel of the Nigerian Army and the police over the killing of three policemen and one civilian in Ibi, Taraba State, on August 6. The board, in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police on Thursday said it had arrested a comedian, Augustine Valentine, popularly known as `MC Fine’, over alleged spread of fake news. Mr Biodun Makanjuola, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the force in Bwari, FCT, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that Valentine posted a false report on Facebook alleging…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the DSS operatives rescued 14 passengers kidnapped by gunmen at Ajeogun Junction between Otan Ile and Imesi Ile in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday. The Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Abiodun Ige, said all the victims abducted on Sunday evening by gunmen…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aishat Ardo, one of the residents of Abuja who was kidnapped on Saturday, has been freed after a ransom was paid by her father. According to TheCable, the Abuja resident was released by her abductors on Sunday night after her father paid $15,000 in bitcoin. It was learned that the Abuja resident…