LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Libyan officials have released footage showing the harrowing experience faced by the Mediterranean Knights while in Nigeria. Both countries have continued to point accusing fingers at each other after the Super Eagles were left unattended at the Al Abaq Aiport in Libya. Nigeria defeated Libya 1-0 in the first leg of their…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on Monday took to X.com to voice their outrage against some members of the Nigeria Police Force, accusing them of exploiting illegal methods like mounting checkpoints and stop-and-search operations to extort travellers during long-distance trips on major highways. Despite the Force Headquarters’ Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, urging travellers to refuse…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Traders, clearing agents and drivers have expressed concerns over the proliferation of checkpoints mounted by security operatives on the Seme Border-Mile 2 corridor. They alleged that many of the “illegal” checkpoints were mounted to extort them, a situation they said was stifling their businesses. The Seme-Mile 2 corridor is a major route…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service has said it has reduced the number of checkpoints in the corridor along the Seme border to Mile 2 from sixty to three, for ease of business. The Acting Comptroller-General, Bashir Adeniyi, revealed this during his opening remark at the National Trade Facilitation Committee, NTFC, stakeholders retreat…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called for a detailed investigation into the circumstances surrounding the wave of kidnap incidents along Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road. DAILY POST had reported that commuters have been attacked consecutively on the road, leading to the abduction of some students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN,…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Friday night attacked security checkpoints and police stations in Rivers State, with no fewer than seven security operatives feared killed. The hoodlums attacked a police station along the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road in the state Also, the Rumuji police station in Emuoha Local Government Area was also torched;…