LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are living in palpable fear as kidnappers now operate freely without hindrance from security operatives. Around midnight on Thursday, four gunmen scaled the fence to the house of a journalist with Punch Newspapers, Mr Okechukwu Nnodim, in Abuja, shooting sporadically into the air. After…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers stationed at the Kugbo checkpoint on Thursday beat up five personnel of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) popularly called VIO for impounding a vehicle belonging to their senior colleague. The incident took place at about 2:15pm when the DRTS officers resumed work for afternoon traffic…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For transportation comfort of visitors, corporate officials, tourists, politicians and residence of Abuja a new car hire service have just been opened in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Known as Trade Michro Grand (TMG) Car Hire Service, the essence of the business outfit is to provide comfortable and cheap car hire…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Aco Amac Housing Estate in Sabon Lugbe, along Airport Road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were on Saturday left in shock after the security guard of their neighbour gruesomely killed his boss’ wife and left his boss almost dead while attempting to escape with their property. It was gathered…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have arrested nine persons for alleged involvement in a crisis which claimed four lives, including a pregnant woman in Ungwan Tiv village, Lugbe, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory. An unidentified policeman was said to have also lost his car in the violence. It was gathered that many…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday said the test results of 90 persons who showed symptoms of the dreaded COVID-19 disease have come out negative. The FCTA made the announcement in a tweet on its Twitter handle on Thursday. The 90 persons, according to the FCTA were from the Mpape…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has announced that all markets in states where a lockdown was imposed (Lagos, FCT and Ogun) will be allowed to open between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm daily. The National Co-ordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Aliyu Sani, said this on Wednesday during a briefing by members…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has said that the lockdown of some states and theclosure of their borders by their respective governors is illegal. In reaction to reports of Nigerians being trapped in the border communities of some states because of the closure of the borders by the governor, the secretary to the government…
