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…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)_Pandemonium broke out Sunday Evening in Damaturu at about 6:10 pm the Yobe state capital as gunshots and heavy artillery rented the air. According to a flawless report from an eye witness said the insurgents are trying to penetrate Damaturu from a nearby village, Babaginda but the heavy firepower of the military…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Days after the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, vowed to fish out Nigerians indicted in the recent United States wire scam, Saturday Sun has learnt that most of the young men with questionable source of living are currently on the run. While many have gone underground, those with the means have fled…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Nigerian Army said yesterday that investigation has commenced into the case involving some soldiers who allegedly carted away a consignment while on escort duty from Sokoto to Kaduna. Daily Trust learnt that the consignment was containing cash amounting to millions of naira which they were asked to deliver by a VIP….
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Force Headquarters has ordered the arrest and prosecution of 190 riot policemen who absconded from the ongoing training at the Special Forces School, Buni-Yadi, Yobe State. The fleeing policemen were part of the 2,000 Police Mobile Officers mobilised for the training preparatory to their deployment for combat against Boko Haram insurgents…
