LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime suspect in the case of three missing girls from Takoradi, Ghana, Samuel Udoetuk, has reportedly revealed that the females were sold for N1.8m each in Nigeria. According to Bureau of National Investigations sources, Udoetuk confessed that the girls were sold to an operator of a baby factory at Onitsha in Anambra…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The fledgling mobile money market in Nigeria is about to get a major shake-up. MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telecoms operator, has been granted a “super agent” license which allows it set up an agent network through which it can provide financial services. It’s the first step in MTN’s plans to finally…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Isaac Kofi, 30-year-old self acclaimed pastor, has been jailed 10 years by the Ashaiman circuit court for defrauding by false pretense. Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ahenkorah Afrifa, Ashaiman Divisional Police Command , told the court that, the accused was arrested on this month from his hideout after series of complaints…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some commercial sex workers in Accra who cannot make enough daily sales during their escapades, have resorted to using sex in paying for their fares. This situation has become alarming and worrisome to most drivers, especially, taxi drivers, whose services these prostitutes engage in the Accra metropolis. Some of the drivers (names…
The investigation followed a petition by a son of the deceased, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, to Inspector General of Police accusing his step mother and widow of the deceased, Dr (Mrs) Seinye Lulu-Briggs, of killing the late Lulu-Briggs. High Chief (Dr) Olu Benson Briggs passed away December 27, 2018 in Accra, Ghana, at the age of…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing offences in the country, involving in cyber crimes, known in Nigeria as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’. According to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), it said 29 people were arrested in Ho, the Volta Regional capital but 17 were found involved in…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has issued a warning to Ghana and Togo to stop attacking Nigerians in their countries. The Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this on Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Abuja while addressing journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Dabiri-Erewa said the warning became…
The Tema Police have arrested five Nigerians who allegedly raped a woman in the presence of her husband during a robbery attack at Community 25, Tema on May 8, 2019. They were arrested last Friday after the couple sighted them walking in the neighbourhood. The suspects are Ako Anthony, 36; Kelvin Damas, 23; Obas Godsay,…