LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the closure of Nigerian land borders by the federal government in the last three months, smuggling still persists at the border between Nigeria and Niger Republic, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. THISDAY gathered that at the border between Jibia in Katsina State and Niger Republic, smugglers have resorted to the use of…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits ambushed security personnel in Katsina State last Saturday, demobilised an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicle on a rescue mission at Safana Local Government Area of the state. Soldiers and Civil Defence personnel were injured during the attack. The Katsina State Police Command said in a press statement yesterday that a soldier…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday won the bye-election into the Kankiya/Kusada/Ingawa federal constituency seat of Katsina State and that of /lrepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero federal constituency of Kwara State. But the lkom ll constituency seat in the Cross River State House of Assembly was given to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by consensus. Our…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-No fewer than 45 persons have been reported killed after a downpour wreaks havoc in 10 communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. More than 1,000 houses were also destroyed with over 250 livestock confirmed killed in the heavy rain which started around 11:00 pm on Sunday and lasted till…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 13-year-old boy in Katsina State has reportedly cut off the penis of an Inspector of Police, Lawal Mohammed, during a forced intercourse. The act of sodomy has been confirmed by the police. According to available information, Mohammed, during the act in Tudun Markabu, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, had…
LAGOS JULY 3RD(NEWSRANGERS)-One person died while over 100 houses were damaged in Daura, hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State, after heavy rainstorm on Sunday. Some of the affected areas within Daura include: GRA, Dunu, Tsame and Kalgo. The Director of the Local Education and Social Services, Abubakar Mashi, who conducted officials of the…
LAGOS APRIL10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely three days after the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) North-West zonal rally in Katsina, some hoodlums suspected to be “thugs of the ruling APC” stormed the presidential campaign office of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in Katsina and destroyed property worth millions of naira. The suspected APC thugs destroyed no fewer than eight…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- A strange disease, described as a “mysterious epidemic”, has killed about eight students of Government Science Secondary School, Kurfi, Katsina State. The development was said to have forced the state’s Board for Science and Technical Education, on Monday, to shut down the school indefinitely while its students were sent home, Daily…