LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirteen ex-fighters of the Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JASDJ), popularly known as Boko Haram, have escaped with rifles and motorcycles given to them by the Borno State government, which co-opted them to join military operatives in the fight against the insurgents in the state. The 13 are among thousands of former…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- Information has emerged on how former United States President Donald Trump escaped assassinantion attempt at a rally, in Butler, Pennsylvania. The development was confirmed by the Butler County District Attorney in a statement issued following the suspected assassination attempt. A member of the audience attending the rally has also been confirmed…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 23-year-old scavenger simply identified as Nura was reportedly manhandled by a mob for allegedly stealing a pot of rice at Kango community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident of Kango, Ayuba Iliya, said the incident happened on Tuesday around 11:23am when the scavenger allegedly took away…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The driver and passengers of a commercial bus scampered for safety when the vehicle conveying them burst into fire at the Falomo Bridge inward Ikoyi axis in Lagos on Thursday. Luck however smiled on the commuters as they all escaped unhurt from the bus as the inferno raged from the vehicle. Popular…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A truck carrying mangoes rammed into a mosque in Barade House, opposite the Old Licencing Office in Kontagora, Niger State, in the early hours of Friday. The driver of the truck was said to have taken off from Bida, Niger State, and was heading to Sokoto with four passengers when he dozed…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An eyewitness has narrated how divine intervention saved the lives of some 70 passengers onboard a long TATA bus on the ever busy Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos this Good Friday morning. In a brief narrative under a video that is now going viral, the eyewitness stated how an iron bar forced…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the unwavering efforts of the Nigeria Customs Service Officers for effective border management and to suppress smuggling activities at the nation’s border, the Adamawa/Taraba Command officers, on Sunday, March 17, 2024, chased down smugglers on the Mubi-Sahuda road to prevent smuggling at the territorial borders. According to the Statement by the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 28 of the nearly 300 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen have escaped, Nigeria’s Kaduna state governor has told BBC News. Nigeria’s army is leading a desperate search for the children taken in the northern town of Kuriga on Thursday. Troops are working with police and local search teams to comb the…