LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened embark on another strike concerning the deliberate refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1,000 staff for 13 months. Dr Lazarus Maigoro, the ASUU chairman, University of Jos, stated this…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Plateau State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested some men suspected to be the killers of AIG Christopher Dega (retd.). Recall that Dega, a Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, was killed on Monday in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The Police Public Relations…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed retired AIG Christopher Dega, Senior Special Assistant on Security to Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Plateau Police Command confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Jos. He said that the incident occurred on May 31st at a restaurant in Jos…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The owner of a hospital in Plateau State, identified as Bitrus Musa, has been kidnapped by gunmen. It was learnt that Musa, who is the proprietor of G-Medicals at the Tina junction suburb of the Jos North Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped on Tuesday from the neighbouring Furaka community….
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the House of Representatives, Haruna Maitala, is dead. A family member confirmed his death to newsmen Saturday morning. He died in a road accident along Bade-Gitata road Friday night on his way to Jos. He died alongside his son, driver and security aide, who were all in the vehicle,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Rev. Polycarp Zongo, kidnapped 11 days ago by members of the Islamic State of West Africa terrorist group, has been released. Rev. Zongo was released on Friday evening through an undisclosed process officials indicated. New Telegraph learnt that Rev. Zongo who is…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reverend Polycap Zango, a pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations, Jos, Plateau State, who went missing while travelling to Gombe State for a conference, has appeared in a new video saying he was abducted by the Islamic State West Africa Province. Zango said he was in the custody of the…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have attacked the University of Jos Staff Quarters located along Bauchi Road in Jos, Plateau State capital, and shot dead a lecturer identified as Dr Nendi Drengkat. It was learnt that the gunmen also kidnapped his six-year-old daughter during the incident which occurred on Friday night. The Chairman of the…
