LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragedy occurred in the Gajaja community in Danbatta local government area of Kano state on Thursday, December 12, when a 16-year old bride identified as Fatima Abubakar, fell inside a well and drowned while preparing for her wedding ceremony. Premium Times, citing a report in BBC Hausa, stated that the bride…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles attacker announced the humanitarian gesture after his unveiling as an ambassador for Skyline University Nigeria Nigeria captain Ahmed Musa has disclosed his intention to sponsor 100 students in Skyline University in Kano. Musa was unveiled as the University’s ambassador on Wednesday, after helping the Super Eagles to back-to-back victories…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has distanced itself from the ‘Chip Whip’ number plate, which was posted on social media and has since gone viral on the internet in the last 24 hours. The Road Safety Corp, in a statement signed by Bisi Kazeem, Corps Commander, Corps Public Education Officer, FRSC…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The management of the Kano zoological garden has announced the capture of the lion that escaped from its cage, after hours of searching. Saidu Gwadabe, head of the zoological garden, told BBC Hausa on Sunday morning that the animal was spotted inside the zoo premises but in a cage where goats were…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano Police Command has traced and rescued nine children kidnapped in Kano and trafficked to Onitsha in Anambra State for child slavery. Their rescue followed a public outcry by some parents that there was rise in cases of missing children in the metropolis. Addressing a press conference on Friday, the state…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is palpable tension in Kano after an ewe gave birth to an animal that could best be described as a human being early Thursday morning. The little newborn bore all the nomenclatures of a human being including head, hands and legs akin to that of an infant. A source, who sent…
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 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police have re-arrested a kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Wadume, two weeks after he escaped from the custody of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The IRT operatives they came under attack from soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, as they conveyed Wadume from the scene of his arrest. The attack led…