LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the final forfeiture of 24 landed property belonging to a top military officer. The anti-graft agency said the property valued at N10. 9bn were controlled through proxies. According to a statement on Tuesday by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, Justice N. E Maha of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The residence of a renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi, in Kaduna was on Saturday razed by a fire outbreak, whose cause still remains unknown as of the time of filing this report. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said the fire started at the Islamiyya School located within the compound of the Islamic…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Contrary to speculations that the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala-Usman met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the recently concluded two-day visit to Kaduna, Pointblanknews.com authoritatively gathered that she was shunned by the President. It was further gathered that attempts to get President Muhammadu Buhari’s attention immediately…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A commercial tricycle rider reportedly sped off with a woman’s child still in his vehicle after she alighted to look for change to pay her fare. The mother reportedly paid after her trip but the tricycle driver said he didn’t have loose change to give her as her balance. The woman then…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The air force has arrested Torsabo Solomon, a sergeant, in connection with the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. Two officers were killed and one other officer was abducted when the NDA was attacked by suspected bandits in August. The development caused an uproar in the country and raised…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 60 worshippers were reportedly abducted when bandits raided Emmanuel Baptist Church located in Kakau Daji in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The armed gang stormed the church during service on Sunday, shooting sporadically. The Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN), Kaduna chapter Chairman, Reverend John Hayab, confirmed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS) – A telecoms blackout will be maintained in large swathes of northwest Nigeria because it is helping the armed forces crack down on bandits responsible for a wave of abductions and attacks, the country’s top general said on Thursday. All telephone and internet services were shut down in the whole of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen seized three student priests from a Catholic seminary in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state, police and school authorities said Tuesday. The assailants stormed the Christ The King Major Seminary late Monday night and opened fire at the cafeteria where five of the students were sitting after dinner, according to the Rev. Joseph…
