LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters have shut down the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) in Abuja over the rape allegation against the Founder of the church, Biodun Fatoyinbo. Bearing placards with inscriptions such as ‘Thou shall not rape’, and ‘Your pastor is not your God’, the protesters are calling on the pastor to step down, and…
LAGOS JUNE28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old taxi driver, Kenneth Edet, in a Grade I Area Court in Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly kidnapping 10 children. The police charged Edet, who lives in Mpape, with one count of abduction. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Edwin Ochayi, told…
LAGOS JUNE24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National President of the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, Denja Abdullahi, has hinted of plans to name a complex in the ANA National Secretariat at Mpape in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, after the late Bayelsa-born Poet Laureate, Dr. Gabriel Okara. Mr. Abdullahi made this pronouncement on the sidelines of being hosted by…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSANGERS)-The police in Abuja have arrested a 22-year-old man, Mustapha Aliyu for allegedly beheading four children. The children were beheaded in various villages on the outskirts of Abuja. Aliyu said he had beheaded three boys and one girl. He said he was paid N170,000 for each male head he brought and N160,000…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Mkpuma has been bedridden for three years now since he started battling kidney failure. His condition hasn’t gotten any better and the only hope of survival is to get a kidney transplant. To stay alive till transplant is possible, he is currently undergoing dialysis at least three times a week with…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Stadium, Abuja, now renamed Moshood Abiola National Stadium, is in a state of disrepair following the failure of the government to maintain the facility, which has been taken over by weeds. Findings indicate that many facilities at the complex, built at a whopping $360m in 2003, had deteriorated while the…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, Professor Nelson Brambaifa, was on Monday invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Also invited for questioning by the EFCC over alleged financial impropriety was the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the NDDC, Chris Oyirindah. It…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sen. Kabiru Gaya(APC-Kano), says he is still in the race for the Deputy President of the Senate. Gaya, who made this known while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said though the All Progressives Congress(APC) had not made its position known on who to endorse for the position, he was optimistic to…
