LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More facts have emerged over the kidnap and killing of the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof Olorunfemi Olaofe. Professor Olaofe was kidnapped in July but died in the den of the kidnappers who also collected ransom from the family. Our correspondent gathered that the alleged…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Palpable tension engulfed parts of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital after unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers killed a middle aged motorist identified simply as Mr. Olasunkanmi Joseph. According to Punch, the masked assailants were said to have caught up with the man in his car around the Irona area of…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Mr Peter Obi is the most qualified person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. He said the only people opposed to Obi are those who participated in plunging the…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ekiti State Police Command have confirmed the killing of an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) by three soldiers. The Spokesman of the Police Command, Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Sunday Abutu, described the killing as unfortunate and mindless. Abutu said the gory incident occurred on Friday evening at…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly snatched N20m from accountants attached to Office of the Cabinet Department of the Ekiti Governor’s office on Wednesday during an attack. The accountants were said to have been waylaid while returning from a new generation bank along Government Secretariat road, Ado- Ekiti where they had gone to withdraw the…
LAGOS SEPTMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 300-level student at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Bukola Odeyemi, has allegedly stabbed her 22-year-old lover and fellow student, John Iju. The stabbing reportedly resulted in Iju’s death. Sources said the incident happened at Iworoko-Ekiti at about 10pm on Monday at one of the private hostels being used by off-campus students…
LAGOS JUNE13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adewuyi Adegoke, a cleric with the Methodist Church, in Ado Ekiti, has been apprehended by the police for allegedly faking his own kidnap. Rev’d Adegoke, who was nabbed by a crack of detective, was reported missing on the Esa Oke-Aramoko road while travelling to Ado Ekiti on Sunday. After his disappearance, the social…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Delta State governorship aspirant has appealed to members of the National Assembly to facilitate the passage of state police Bill into law. Onuesoke who made the appeal in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state during a workshop on creation of state police said considering recent level of…