LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Security personnel are protecting campaign posters and billboards of President Bola Tinubu in Kaduna ahead of his expected visit to the state on Saturday. The deployment comes ahead of the planned flag-off of the 2027 presidential campaign in Kaduna, with security operatives stationed at strategic locations across the metropolis to prevent possible…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Tuesday raised concerns over what he described as a “troubling” development in Nigeria’s democratic space following the arrest of a cleric who recently hosted him in Kaduna State. Obi, in a post shared on his X (formerly Twitter) account early…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri are rotting away despite the over $3bn contract sum to resuscitate them, Sunday PUNCH findings have revealed. Visits to the refineries by our correspondents in Rivers, Kaduna and Delta states confirmed that the humongous amount, which is now subject of investigation by the Economic…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two people, including a military officer, were killed and four others critically injured on Saturday following an explosion at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) factory in the Kurmin Gwari area of Kaduna. The blast, reportedly from gunpowder used in arms production, occurred during a weekend shift, shaking nearby buildings and…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police have arrested Moses Amarks, an 18-year-old student at the College of Health in Kwamba, Suleja, for allegedly faking his own kidnapping to extort money from his parents. Mr Amarks and his accomplices reportedly used a hidden number to call his mother, demanding a ransom of N50 million for his release….
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kabir was arrested on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 at Tudun Wada, Kaduna State for making a video on his TikTok and Instagram @youngcee0066 page while spraying the Naira notes on the floor, matching on them and making utterances in Hausa language and daring the EFCC to come and arrest him in his…
LAGOS APRIL 119TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A rising Gospel Singer, Timothy Ukpa, aka Timothy Bliss from Ukawu in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi State has been arrested by the Police after he faked his own kidnap. According to report gathered by our correspondent, Mr Ukpa who is residing in Abuja planned his own kidnap with his twin brothers and…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits who abducted Ishaya Kukah, a brother of Bishop Hassan Kukah, the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, have demanded a ransom of N50 million for him to regain freedom. Ishaya was kidnapped alongside six other persons, including women and children from Anchuna village, Ikulu Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf LGA of Kaduna State last…
