LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has confirmed the death of its chief photographer and veteran raid commander, Abu Salim al-Barnawi, following a failed attack on a Nigerian military base last week. According to Zagagola Makama, security sources said the terrorist group circulated an internal obituary announcing the death of the senior…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria Women’s Football League player, Ihotu John, has regained her freedom after being kidnapped along the Benin Expressway last Friday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Ihotu’s relative, Blessing Ojima, confirmed that the player was released on Thursday after her family paid a ransom of N1.5m to her abductors. According to Ojima, the kidnappers…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many terrorists were killed, while their hideouts and vehicles were destroyed during United States airstrikes carried out in Sokoto State on December 25, footage sighted by Sunday PUNCH has revealed. The footage of the operation, which is yet to be declassified by the military but was sighted by our correspondent on Saturday,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has confirmed the release of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft and 11 soldiers detained in Burkina Faso after a forced landing. Confirming the development on Wednesday night, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa, said the aircraft and personnel had been released. He said, “Yes,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has confirmed the death of Bayelsa State Deputy Governor Lawrence Oboraw-Harievwo Ewhrudjakpo on Thursday. Anxiety had mounted earlier in the day over the deputy governor’s health after reports emerged that he had collapsed. Confirming his passing in a statement on Thursday night, the Tanimu Turaki-led…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Opposition leaders on Saturday criticised President Bola Tinubu’s administration following remarks by the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, which cast serious doubt on the viability of the country’s refineries despite the billions invested in their rehabilitation. On Thursday, the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, stated that…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu, has passed away at the age of 74. He died on Saturday, though details surrounding his death remain unclear at the time of filing this report. His longtime teammate and friend, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, confirmed the development. Odegbami, who won the 1980 Africa Nation Cup with…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rwanda said Wednesday it had made its first oil discovery, with confirmation of 13 reservoirs in Lake Kivu, which makes up part of its border with DR Congo. “The good news is that we have oil,” Francis Kamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board, told a parliamentary hearing according…
