LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Tuesday killed a disc jockey, Adeyemi Bankole, in Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the assailants accosted the 35-year-old in the Adesan area of Mowe around 11pm when he was about to board a motorcycle to his house. PUNCH Metro learnt…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by some defiant traffickers to export hard drugs through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 200 kilogrammes of the illicit substances seized from them….
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China has temporarily banned entry of foreign nationals travelling from Canada, even if they hold valid Chinese residence permits for work, the Chinese consulate in Toronto said. “All foreign nationals who hold valid Chinese residence permits for work, personal matters and reunion are temporarily not allowed to enter China from Canada,” the…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada deported thousands of people even as COVID-19 raged last year, data seen by Reuters shows, and lawyers say deportations are ramping up, putting people needlessly at risk in the midst of a global health emergency. Like many other countries, Canada is struggling to stop a second wave from spiraling out of…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Some 21 bricks of cocaine hidden in banana shipments ended up at grocery shops in Canada following a bungled drug-trafficking operation, authorities have confirmed. A local store owner in Kelowna, a small town in Central Okanagan, British Columbia province, alerted authorities after finding 12 packages of what appeared to be cocaine among…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Apostle Ausbeth Ajagu made history in Canada recently when his Pentium Ministries, Canada launched a One Billion Souls For Jesus Project. The event, held on 5 September 2020, was a Holy Spirit communion service which witnessed prayers from numerous anointed men and women of God from various countries praying and dedicating…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States court has issued a summons for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) for a lawsuit filed by a former Saudi intelligence official who alleges he was a victim of a foiled assassination attempt. The US District Court of the District of Columbia filed the summons on Friday, a day after…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former senior Saudi intelligence official said in a US lawsuit Thursday that the country’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tried to have him assassinated in 2018, just weeks after dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in Turkey. Saad Aljabri said Prince Mohammed sent a “hit squad” to Canada, where he lives…