LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deep in the tropical forest in southern Nigeria, an evangelical pastor runs a sprawling camp billed as a refuge for thousands of children who fled the Boko Haram jihadist insurgency in the north. Solomon Folorunsho, known as Pastor Solomon, says he is on a self-proclaimed mission to help humanity, creating the International…
Police,Babies N LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two women who specialised in selling new born babies at Ejigbo area of Lagos. The suspects have allegedly sold 50 babies for between N500,000 and N1 million. The two suspected women, Florence Nkem Douglas and Gift Michael were about to be…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 44-year-old tipper driver, Edoghogho Omorogbe, has been arrested by the police in Edo State for slaughtering his three in-laws with a cutlass. Those slaughtered are his 52-year-old mother-in-law, Mrs. Alice Monday. Others are his 25-year-old sister-in-law Blessing Monday and her six-month-old baby. Omorogbe was paraded with over 100 other suspects by…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police have arrested two suspected fraudsters who impersonated officials of the Nigeria Customs Service auctioneers on Facebook and other social media sites. Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT ) who arrested the suspects have warned members of the public to be wary of fraudsters who…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 16-year-old girl, Chinyere, has narrated how suspected Fulani herdsmen abducted her and other co-travellers at the Okada junction on the Benin-Ore Expressway, Edo State. The victim said she was held for five days as the herdsmen tortured the men in the group with sticks, guns and cutlasses. The Abia State indigene…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria forward Henry Onyekuru tied the knot with his spouse in a traditional wedding on Saturday. The 22-year-old was joined by international teammates including Oghenekaro Etebo, John Ogu, Chidozie Awaziem and Kenneth Omeruo in Benin to celebrate his marriage. A week ago, Onyekuru was a member of the Nigeria squad that finished…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Commissioner of Police, Danmallam Muhammed, has moved into the Ovia forest with a team of joint security comprising army, police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to fish out the alleged Fulani herdsmen said to be using the forest as their kidnapping abode. As at yesterday evening, the herdsmen/kidnappers were…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have abducted three ladies traveling from Lagos State to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. The victims identified as Okuboere, Seifefa and Amara were reportedly abducted by suspected herdsmen along the Hausa-Fulani settlement in Okada area of Edo State. Princess Grace, who resides in Bayelsa, identified the victims as her sisters-in-law and…