LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports has it that an armed police inspector barricaded a busy road in Calabar and started shooting sporadically at passerbys. It was gathered that the tragic incident happened at Atakpa junction near Watt Market, Calabar, in Cross River state. An eyewitness account reveal that the armed policeman started shooting sporadically at innocent…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cross River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Calabar in its final judgment has dismissed Prof. Sandy Onor’s petition against the electoral victory of Senator Bassey Otu as governor of the state. The tribunal upheld Otu’s election, saying the petitioner’s case lacked merit. The PDP petition in a Suit Number: EPT/CR/GOV/02/2023…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cross River State Police Command says it has discovered a factory producing guns and explosives at Osomba community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. A team of the command’s Anti-Cultism and Kidnapping Squad, led by Ogini Chukwuma uncovered the factory. The team recovered the cache of arms on Monday,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A soldier identified as Musa Adamu has alleged that he has been dismissed from the Nigerian Army for preaching about Jesus Christ while in service uniform on social media. It would be recalled that in July 2023, Adamu, a Lance Corporal with service number 13NA/70/6100 and attached to Amphibious Training School Personnel (ATSCalabar) unit in Calabar,…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The convict was prosecuted following the receipt of a petition by the Oslo Police District, Norway, according to the EFCC. The Court of Appeal in Calabar on Friday upheld the conviction of an international fraudster convicted for internet fraud. Agatha Okeke, Federal High Court judge in Uyo, had on 27 June 2022…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following President Bola Tinubu’s policy statement during his inaugural speech on Monday, on the removal of subsidy, most filling stations in Calabar have shut down while those selling have hiked the price from 210 to 750 naira per litre. Vanguard also observed that commuters who cannot afford to pay 300 naira per…
LAGOS February 1st (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday abducted Cross River state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Gertrude Njar barely 72 hours after an aide to a federal lawmaker, Mr Kenneth Abang was also kidnapped along Calabar-Ikom federal highway. Findings by Vanguard showed that Mrs. Njar and another lady that was yet to…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the growing popularity of his candidacy ahead of the 2023 presidential election, supporters of Peter Obi have taken to the street in Calabar, Cross River state for a fitness walk. The supporters who popularly refer to themselves as Obi-dient and Yusuful people – words coined from the names of the Labour…