LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive ofNational Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah has called for the declaration of state of emergency over the drug situation in Nigeria. Abdullahi who made the call during the destruction ceremony of 137 tons of illicit drugs in Edo State, South- South Nigeria, which is the…
LAGOS FENRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two students of the Ambrose Ali university, Ekpoma, Edo State, today, lost their lives in a fatal accident, after a campus shuttle suffered a brake failure. According to reports, a 300 Level student of the Department of Educational and Foundation Management, Ebere, lost her life immediately, while several others were injured. One…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo University, Iyamho, Edo State, made a giant stride recently, when it was ranked first among State-owned Universities and third among Universities in Nigeria, in the first ever Open Educational Resources (OER). The ranking which was first of its kind, was initiated by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has expressed his willingness to partner with the State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) by inaugurating the State Drug Control Committee in seven days. The governor made this known in Benin City during a working visit by the NDLEA Edo State commander,…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Ugiagbe Street, off First Ugbor Road, in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, when a middle-aged major in the Nigerian Army, Afisatu Ajuya, was allegedly murdered by her security guard and eight others. It was gathered that Ajuya, who was serving in one of the South-South states,…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency [NDLEA] have discovered a large quantity of harvested dried weeds of cannabis sativa in Ugbubezi forest, Owan West Local Government Area of the State. The drug exhibits were evacuated from the warehouse by a team of over seventy officers…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Iddo quarters of Okpella in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State on Monday evening following an explosion which rocked three apartments and sent many inhabitants running for safety. Reports had it that one of the apartments, which was said to be occupied by some men from…