LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS-There is apprehension in military circles in Jaji, Kaduna, following the sudden disappearance of a senior Nigerian Navy personnel, Cdr. O. O. Ogundana, the Commandant of Command Secondary School in the famed military town. A signal sited on Thursday by News Express indicated that Cdr OO Ogundana disappeared exactly a week ago…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have been reportedly killed in the early hours of Tuesday as police dispersed a procession of members of the group to commemorate Ashura day. The Shiites are demanding the release of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention since Dec. 2015….
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and its Igbo counterpart, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have condemned the allocation of ministries by President Muhammadu Buhari, with all nine ministers from the North-west receiving senior positions. Among the six geopolitical zones in the country, the North-west, which consists of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states,…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bishop David Oyedepo, General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel led his congregation to lay terrible curses on the killers of Pastor Jeremiah Omolara, heading a branch of the church in Kaduna. Bishop Oyedepo who declared that the end has come and the church has a legal right to…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed bandits have killed two soldiers at Dogon Dawa village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Two civilians including a youth leader were also killed by the assailants during a siege that lasted several hours on Thursday. The One Division of the Nigerian Army has yet to confirm…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have lamented the delay in the bail ruling for their leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky, insisting the daily protest will continue. IMN spokesman Ibrahim Musa who made the pronouncement said the group was “not happy” with the postponement decision adding that the almost daily demonstrations would continue….
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A five-year-old girl, kidnapped by an acquaintance simply identified as Ahmed in their Akemfa 1 area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State residence on June 10, has been found in a hotel room in Kaduna, where she was left by the kidnapper after collecting N1 million ransom. Mrs Williams Koroye, the victim’s mother, who…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a director with the Sharia Court of Appeal in Kaduna. The police said the abductors also killed the victim’s son while carrying out the operation on July 24. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo told the News Agency of Nigeria…