LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in Adamawa state have apprehended a 29-year-old man identified as Abubakar Kawu, for allegedly kidnapping and strangling a 6-year-old boy known as Abdulhafiz Buba Aliyu. According to the police, Kawu, who runs a dry cleaning service based in Jada, kidnapped the boy into the bush on May 12, 2023, and…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The embattled suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari has said that he declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) wnner of the governorship election in the State to save the democratic process. Ari said he acted in accordance with the powers conferred on him by the Electoral Act…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has replaced the Commissioners of Police in five States. Their redeployment is contained in a statement on Tuesday by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi. The major highlight of the shakeup, announced in less than three weeks to the general elections, is the removal of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has smashed a gang of five suspected kidnappers allegedly terrorising the Mubi axis of Adamawa State. Operatives of the state police command rounded up members of the gang after the suspects allegedly carried out their last act of kidnapping a child and collecting N5 million ransom from the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Muslim man demanding to name a three-month-old child he fathered with a Christian lady, Justina Yakubu, according to Islamic rite, has reportedly filed a complaint to the police after he discovered the child had gone missing. Suleiman Ibrahim said he fell in love with Justina Yakubu, a Christian lady, who promised…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Adamawa have confirmed the killing of a kidnapper by vigilantes, while trying to collect ransom from the family of an abductee. Police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed the development said the incident occurred on 26 August in Song Local Government Area of the state. ” The State command…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven persons have sustained fatal injuries and are feared dead at Dangote Sugar Company, in Gyawana, Adamawa State owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Reports from the area, which is about 70 kilometers from Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, indicate that the soldiers opened fire on the protesters around 5pm…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, says that Nigerians deserve wealth, rather than poverty. He stated that, for all the abundant wealth of natural resources, Nigeria’s poverty situation is unacceptable. Noting that “there are way too many poor people in Nigeria,” he warned that there should not be…