LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Politicians are getting closer to the prospective voters across the country as the 2023 general election approaches. Most of the cities in northern Nigeria are flooded with posters, banners and billboards. In Kano, Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the state is campaigning in a unique way that is believed by many as…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has ordered police to arrest and investigate 10 local celebrities for “immoral conduct” on social media that could influence youth, a judicial official told AFP Thursday. The court issued the order on Tuesday last week after lawyers filed a lawsuit, calling for their prosecution for singing…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the vigilante group attached to the Zuba Motor Park, Abuja, on Wednesday arrested a man with eight guns billed for delivery to Kano. Commander of the group in the area, Yahaya Madaki, who confirmed that yesterday, said the suspect arrived at a roadside park near a filling station formerly known…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a massive turn out on Wednesday in Kano as Labour Party holds its first Town Hall Meeting in the state. One of the attendants said, “Northwest will support their son to emerge VP, as for Kwankwaso, he can’t succeed a fellow northern Muslim from the same zone and his people…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A sixteen-year-old girl identified as Sadiya Usman, reportedly hanged herself over alleged forced marriage in Garin Dauru village in Warawa Local Government Area, Kano State The State Police Spokesman SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa who confirmed the incident to Daily Post said, “police on 01/08/2022 at about 3:00 received a phone call from…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano Police Command has cracked down on a car loaded with bomb-making devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. PRNigeria gathered that with security challenges in some states in the North-west, civilians in Kano have been cooperating with security operatives by reporting suspicious movement. The latest discovery and similar ones were…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many were feared dead following an explosion along Court Road in Sabon Gari, Kano State on Tuesday. The explosion, which occurred near a private secondary school, Winners School, destroyed a residential building and affected part of the school. The explosion occurred around 9:30 am with many schoolchildren affected. Some parents were seen…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian atheist has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a high court in the northern state of Kano after being convicted of blaspheming Islam. Mubarak Bala, the 37-year-old president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, pleaded guilty to all 18 charges and asked for leniency. He has been in…
