LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers who held Nigeria Army captain identified as Gana, captive have fled and abandoned their victims in the forest they were kept. The kidnappers were said to have fled after security operatives closed in on their hideout. Gana and two others were kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen around Auga-Akoko-Ibilo, boundary towns between…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-People of the state are now living in fear of the unknown, many have started to leave the ancient city in droves and may be inadvertently spreading the virus to neighbouring states. Relatedyl, yesterday the federal government escalated its containment efforts by opening additional three mobile testing centres to strengthen the war…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS) There was a stampede at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi (NAUTH) over the weekend following the arrival of a man suspected to be a Coronavirus patient. News Express gathered that some doctors and non-medical staff on duty also fled when the patient was brought in to avoid contacting the contagious…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Each morning at a crowded bus station east of Nairobi, Kenyans load their bags on to minibuses emblazoned with the faces of pop stars and Jesus, heading to their villages in the hope of escaping the coronavirus. “I am going back home because of corona,” said Amina Barasa, her yellow headscarf standing…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Abuja has intercepted a Volkswagen golf car laden with a cache of arms and ammunition, while in transit, for supply to bandits operating in the neighbouring States The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Command, Bala Corona, disclosed this, in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 8,000 Cameroon refugees have fled to eastern and southern Nigeria in the past two weeks, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday, as violence flared between security forces and separatist insurgents. The spike in refugees, coming in the run-up to last weekend’s general elections, brings the total number of Cameroonians…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Sudanese medical staff deployed at Juba International Airport to screen arrivals for deadly Coronavirus have reportedly fled the airport after a plane carrying Chinese diplomats landed. South Sudan government this week begun screening all travelers at airports to help avert the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Coronaviruses are a…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of demonstrators in cities across Iran faced tear gas and accused security forces of firing live ammunition as police aggressively countered intensifying protests prompted by the downing of a Ukrainian commercial jet. The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran posted video of crowds fleeing tear gas clouds in Tehran’s Freedom…