LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trans-border trafficker, Emeka Okoro and another drug dealer, Ibrahim Bello have been arrested in Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with cocaine weighing 1.1kilogramme, which has a street value of N264million. While Okoro was intercepted with 900grammes of cocaine in a commercial bus along Abuja-Gwagwalada road…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 10 persons have died and 400 hospitalised after drinking expired citric acid powdered drinks in Kano State. Among those hospitalised are 50 patients undergoing kidney- related treatment, because of complications arising from consumption of the killer drinks, Kano Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa disclosed on Thursday. Speaking in…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Customs officer on Thursday was found dead in a hotel room located on Oyo Road, Nomansland, Kano. According to a source, the Customs officer often lodged at the hotel away from his Zango, Daura, Katsina base, each time he visits Kano for an undisclosed mission. The source further disclosed that the…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 13-year-old boy who was handed a decade-long jail sentence for blasphemy last year will now walk free. He was convicted by an Islamic court in August for making uncomplimentary remarks about God during an argument with a friend in northern Kano state. But a secular appeals court overturned the sentencing on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man identified as Adamu Musa, his son, Sule Mallam and grandson, Isyaku Sule for allegedly hacking their neighbour, who they claimed was a kidnapper, and his 5-year-old daughter to death. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Gomo Village, Sumaila Local Government…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed kidnappers on Wednesday abducted a business man in Minjibir town, about 50 kilometers from Kano city. The gunmen stormed the town around 1am, shooting sporadically around Masaka area of the town before abducting a businessman, Abdullahi Kalos. Witnesses told DAILY NIGERIAN that the gunmen also attacked policemen and burnt down their…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than sixteen travellers have been killed by unknown gunmen on Wednesday along Abuja-Kaduna expressway on their way back to Kano from a business trip. It was learnt that the sixteen travelers , from Dambatta local government, were conveyed in a private vehicle and met their untimely death on the Abuja-Kaduna…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anas Saidu, a 26-year-old man who kidnapped and killed a 16-year-old boy, Tijjani Saidu in Kano has made a bizarre request. The young man has pleaded for a public execution by hanging, according to Daily Trust. He equally begs and wants the public to help him beg the victim’s father for forgiveness…
