LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 61 persons are confirmed dead by a yet-to-be-diagnosed disease in Kano State. A Twitter user, who calls himself King of the North Muhammad Sanusi II raised the alarm on Sunday via his handle @MSII_dynasty. According to him, just yesterday 43 people were buried in a single cemetery in Kano…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-30-year old woman, Mrs. Joy Ogundare, will appear before a Federal High Court in Kano today for allegedly implanting a substance suspected to be cocaine in the apartment of a cleric, Pastor Richard Ekenne. Ogundare, who confessed to the crime, said she wanted to plant the cocaine in Ekenne’s house in order…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected thugs have attacked the convoy of former governor of Kano State, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, in Kano. About three SUVs were destroyed in the attack which occurred close to a three-star hotel in the city on Tuesday. Kwankwaso had held a meeting with the chairman of Kano State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Fulani militia were reported to have have invaded Hausa Christian community of Gidan Mato Bari in Kano province of Nigeria. The incident happened yesterday night. According to reports, “The marauders ransacked the town including the Anglican Diocese, kidnapping the Wife of the Anglican Bishop of Bari Diocese, Mrs. Saratu Zubairu.” The…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of youth stormed the Kano Hisbah office on Wednesday over an alleged blasphemy song against the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The protesters holding placards alleged that the government and the security agents in the state are reluctant to act over the matter. The convener of the protest, Idris Ibrahim (known as Baba…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger “roaming the streets for food” in his village in northern Nigeria, unsure when his next meal would arrive. Like many living in areas where opportunities are scarce, he knew he had to move. When he turned 12 he travelled south to Nigeria’s commercial megacity,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, in Kano and Jigawa states, is set to shutdown supermarkets and shops found patronising foreign rice and other prohibited items. The agency, in a letter with reference number NCS/KAN/053/S.28 dated 17th February 2020 wrote to all supermarkets and shops in Kano and Jigawa states, directing them to stop…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has revealed that those without National Identity Number risk three months jail term. The Kano state coordinator , Muhammad Sanusi Auwalu disclosed this while delivering a lecture at Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kano. He said the Agency will start taking action on anybody who refused…