LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Boko Haram and other hardened criminals who escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centers (Prison) after bomb attacks last night, July 5 are now roaming about, especially in Chibiri, a suburb of Kuje town, Abuja, on the way to Gwagwalada. Our correspondent who went round Kuje today, July 6, said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The results of the election for chairmanship in the six area councils of the federal capital territory (FCT) conducted on Saturday have started trickling in. Unlike in the 36 states where state electoral commissions conduct the council elections, the FCT council election is conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers have abducted two wives of Idris Mohammed, coucillor representing Gwako ward in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT and three others. The names of the abducted councilor’s two wives, his younger sister and his two younger brothers were yet to be ascertained. A resident, who preferred anonymity, said the incident happened around 12:…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 persons are feared missing after heavy downpours in Gwagwalada in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Several residents were also rendered homeless following the downpours, which started around 3am on Saturday. Many buildings and houses have been washed away while cars were trapped in various routes within the…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Nasir Ajanah, the Chief Judge of Kogi state, Nigeria is dead. According to TheCable, Ajanah died at the COVID-19 isolation centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja in the early hours of Sunday, June 28, at the age of 64. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Information Officer of the state…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja- based pastor, Egbunu Vincent Onuche, has been arrested for alleged involvement in employment scam. The Pastor of Spirit Embassy church located in Gwagwalada area of Abuja, who was working with one Alhaji, claimed they had connection and could get interested job seekers employment into the Nigeria Immigration Service. The 25-year-old Egbunu…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The helicopter that conveyed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to the 2018 graduation ceremony of the Senior Division Course 1 of the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja, was forced to land few seconds after take off on Thursday. The vice president was said to be returning to the Presidential Villa…