LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A white man was seen distributing loaves of bread to hundreds of Lagos residents, highlighting the widespread hunger many are facing amidst Nigeria’s cost-of-living crisis. In a viral video, the man, who remained unidentified, handed out the bread to those patiently waiting in line at 48, Asa-Afariogun Street in Ajao Estate, Lagos….
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, have again carved out a territory in Nigeria’s Niger State, imposing taxes on residents and some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The bandits have reportedly occupied Dogon-Dawa, Kurege, Kangarewa and Mangoro communities among several others; “governing” the entire areas according to their own rules. They have so far…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has slammed officers who collect N100 on the road from motorists, noting that the act is embarrassing. According to him policemen indulging in the act should stop because they are engaging in corruption. Adejobi was responding to an X user who asked why policemen…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Tuesday delivered a landmark judgment confirming the authority of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to collect the one percent Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF)levy from every contract awarded in the Nigerian oil and gas upstream transaction as mandated under…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Plateau police command has arrested one Albarka Sukuya, a pastor, for allegedly kidnapping himself and collecting ransom from church members. Alfred Alabo, the command’s public relations officer, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. He said the suspect was arrested by the police in November 2022 after incidents of staging…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“If they give you money, collect it and vote against them because it is your money. Tell them you want to follow those who know the road, that you are tired of being in the wilderness,” Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has for the umpteenth time, admonished Nigerian…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 45-year-old pastor, Ndifreke Udo Amos, has been arrested by operatives of the FIB Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) for allegedly helping a kidnap gang in the abduction of an 80-year-old man, Pa Anthony Ugbuzor Idornigie. The octogenarian victim was said to be sitting in his house at No 7, Garage Street, Itoki,…