LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some police officers posted to Noyo Police Station in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Monday, escaped death as suspected hoodlums unleashed an attack on them and set the station and patrol van ablaze. According to the DPO of the area, Mr Danjuma Dantata, the hoodlums also broke into the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The house of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Abba Yaro was on Monday attacked by angry youths in the state. The youths were reportedly angered by the death of a domestic staff who was said to have got electrocuted while attempting to cut the branch of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom parliamentarians yesterday recommended sanctions against government officials and security agents who abused the rights of #EndSARS demonstrators last month. The UK lawmakers, while considering a petition signed by 220, 000 signatories in the aftermath of the alleged shooting of protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20, expressed lack…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bullion van was allegedly ambushed and robbed at Addo Road in Lagos state. The bullion van loaded with cash was allegedly attacked by gunmen at about 3:50pm on Thursday, November 12, 2020 in Ajah. Reports say the gunmen shot at the van and gained access to the vault. According to eyewitness…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adamwa State Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adeyanju has directed police investigators to go after the gunmen who broked into the home of the Speaker of Adamawa State House Of Assembly, Aminu Iya-Abass, and rescue abducted member of his family. Recalled that unknown gunmen broke into the residence of Aminu Iya-Abass, the Speaker…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed ordered an attack against the forces of the ruling party of Tigray Region, one of 10 autonomous regions of Ethiopia, raising the probability of a full-blown civil war in Africa’s second largest country by population. Abiy accused Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of attempting to attack a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Aggrieved Nigerians have taken to social media to berate the government of President Donald Trump for opposing former Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Lots of Nigerians expressed joy when it was announced that Dr Okonjo Iweala will…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian movie star and politician, Desmond Elliot, has come under severe criticism on social media regarding his proposal to regulate the social media. Elliot, who represents Surulere constituency in the Lagos Assembly was seen in a video that went viral championing for his colleagues at the Lagos Assembly to regulate the…