Residents of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State now live under the fear of sudden attack by mentally-deranged persons, especially youths hit by drug-induced amnesia. LEADERSHIP checks revealed that the influx of unkempt youths devastated by routine sipping, inhaling, sniffing and injection of hard substances in liquids and powdery forms, have become a menace, especially in…
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 FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Political appointments in Cross River State, Nigeria, have recently come under scrutiny due to the low remuneration provided to the appointees. Unlike civil service positions, political appointments typically last for a short period of four years, which is why the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission in it’s wisdom offers high remuneration…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s first oil and gas park built by the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has opened its doors for business. NCDMB General Manager, Corporate Communication and Zonal Coordination Division, Dr Ginah O. Ginah, disclosed this on Thursday during a media tour of the park located in Odukpani, Cross River State….
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Infini Power Limited (IPL), a member of Tetracore Energy Group in collaboration with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN), have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The PPA is targeted at supplying Independent Power to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A professor of Political Science in the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Prof. Felix Akpan has been found dead with multiple stabs at his 181 Duke Town close residence, behind Mega Hilton Hotel, Calabar the Cross River state capital. Sources who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that Prof. Akpan a former dean of Students…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven people were killed and 29 injured at Calabar Carnival on Tuesday when a car lost control and rammed into a crowd of onlookers, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. The Sector Commander of the Corps, Maikano Hassan, confirmed the number of casualties to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-But for the intervention of the police, a woman who allegedly beheaded her 11-month old baby in Yonen community of Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State would have been lynched in a mob action on Tuesday. The mother of two allegedly used a machete to cut off the head…