LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has secured the release of a Nigerian student, Zainab Habibu Aliyu, who was detained in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of drug trafficking. This was disclosed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, in a tweet on Tuesday. According to Ahmad, “The Federal Government has secured…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An inmate of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Cross River State Command, has died after being delivered of a twin girl and boy. ASP Effanga Etim, Public Relations Officer of Afokang Command, confirmed the incident, stating that the inmate died of complications after a Caesarean section to deliver the twins. The inmate was…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of three friends in an old well in Basirka town in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relation Officer, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Dutse, saying that the said well belonged to state House…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Akwa Ibom State High Court Uyo, presided by Justice Joy Unwana (extended jurisdiction) has handed down death sentence to seven people, including three policemen for kidnapping. The other 4 convicts include a woman hired by the gang for N50,000 to cook for the victim – Deaconess Ime Anietie Ekanem, while they…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Hunters Association of Nigeria in Adamawa State stormed the streets of the state capital, Yola, on Tuesday, protesting the death of a member following alleged beating by policemen. The hunters alleged that the deceased, Awal Babaiyali, was taken away for questioning by the police allegedly over a stolen car,…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A herbalist, Femi Emmanuel, is now with the police in Kwara State for allegedly causing the death of a 45-year-old woman and a mother of two, Mrs Tawakalitu Mukaila, in his house. It was gathered that the death occurred in Emmanuel’s house at Ila-Odo-owa, Oke-Ero LGA, after Tawakalitu, a trader and resident…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has affirmed that over the last five weeks, there has been a decline in the number of new cases of Lassa fever reported in Nigeria. In a statement made available to NewsRangers, NCDC said the country has equally witnessed a reduction in the number of people…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A football player, Salisu Muhammad, 18, of Yakasai quarters, Kano Municipal local government, has allegedly stabbed his own coach over argument on football. The deceased, Mujitapha Musa, 30, also of Yakasai quarters, was said to have passed away on the way to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, following the injury he sustained in…