LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested grandson for allegedly leading of friends to defraud his grandmother the sum of N15, 708,904( Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred and Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred and Four Hundred Naira) belonging to a grandmother. The suspects: Badaru Munir (23); Aliyu Falalu…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos photographer, Sulaimon Balogun, who boarded a night bus from Lagos to Kano to cover a wedding ceremony has gone missing. His relatives and friends say they have been worried over his whereabouts and have been visiting the park in Okokomaiko and the police division in the area. Nurudeen Balogun, the…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy has struck residents of Yanlami Village in Bichi Local Government Area of Kano State when five men were trapped and buried alive while digging sand in a pit. The incident was said to have occurred when the men were digging out sand with the intention to build a house for their…
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 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Religious police in Nigeria have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer in a crackdown on alcohol. The bottles were crushed into the ground by bulldozers in the northern city of Kano in front of crowds cheering “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great). The predominantly Muslim city is in one of several northern…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A song celebrating notorious kingpin of banditry, Bello Turji, is trending in northern Nigeria to the indignation of many residents who have suffered from the ongoing atrocities of bandits in the regions. Mr Turji, from Shinkafi in Zamfara State, is believed to lead gangs terrorising communities in Sokoto, Zamfara, and parts of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 30-year old worker at a car wash centre in Kano, Abdullahi Sabo, has been arrested after allegedly absconding with a customer’s car. The police spokesperson in the state, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said the suspect was arrested in Daura, Katsina State with the stolen vehicle. Mr Kiyawa said the police had, on November…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The proposed Kano State Secretariat of the the Ahmadu Zago faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) recently confirmed as the authentic one by an Abuja High Court has been burnt down. The building, which serves as the campaign office of Sen. Barau Jibrin, a governorship hopeful and an arch-opponent of…
