LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was drama at Area Court II in Yola, Adamawa State on Wednesday, as the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Sanusi Faruk, scaled the court’s fence to escape detention. The commissioner and two others were charged with criminal conspiracy and breach of trust involving N1.728 million. The two are Markus Yara,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all the service chiefs over their alleged failure to curb insecurity in the country. In the suit that was lodged by the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in Adamawa State, Alhaji Said Uba,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Alhaji Sadiq Umar-Daware, the Chairman, North East Commodity Association (NECAS) says hoodlums who took advantage of the EndSARS protests, have carted away 110 new tractors and implements from the association’s warehouse in Yola. Umar-Daware, who made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the hoodlums…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS) Angry mob on Thursday lynched an official of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA and injured another in Adamawa State. The incident happened in Hong, headquarters of Hong Local Government Area in northern Adamawa, according to Daily Post. The report said the victims were attacked while conveying a suspected drug…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adamu Atiku Abubakar, first son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has debunked media reports that he said his father will contest for the presidential spot in 2023. Adamu who is the current commissioner of works and energy in Adamawa State said the media misquoted him in the interview he granted journalists…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A police man is reported to have shot dead a 20-year-old commercial motorcyclist after he failed to give N100 bribe at a checkpoint. Residents reported that the victim, Arabo Dauda, was targeted by the police man who shot him from behind at a checkpoint in Maiha town, Adamawa State. The incident generated…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Adamawa State Government has lifted the ban placed on religious congregations across the state with immediate effect to allow religious bodies have their normal worship and services Press secretary to Governor Umaru Fintiri, Humwashi Wonosikou, made this known in a statement to journalists on Thursday. Wonosikou however, urged all religious leaders…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen on Tuesday killed a Yola journalist working with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria after allegedly abducting him from his home. Maxwell Nashon’s corpse was recovered behind the perimeter fence of the broadcasting station. It was learnt that Nashon had his hands bound. He also allegedly suffered a machete cut….