LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Catriona Laing, British high commissioner to Nigeria, has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state. The student was said to have been attacked by a mob over comments purportedly considered to be an insult to Prophet Mohammed. A video of the student…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Police Command has expressed its disapproval of burning to death of two young men found with 18 mobile phones suspected to have been stolen by angry mob at Cele Bus stop area of Lagos State early Wednesday morning. Reacting, the Lagos State Police Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Saudis who were involved in the death of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 received paramilitary training in the US the year prior, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The contract for the paramilitary training was approved by the State Department and carried out by a contracted group called…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Facts have emerged regarding the arrest of the first suspect in Wednesday evening’s failed assassination attempt on former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, during a youth meeting held at his hometown, Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. This is even as the Anambra State Police…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police authorities in Edo State say the command has arrested some persons in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Prince Dennis Abuda. Speaking on the development Thursday, police spokesman Chidi Nwabuzor said the hoodlums were arrested by operatives of the anti-kidnapping and cybercrimes unit in collaboration with vigilantes and hunters. According…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for killing a former Niger Delta militant leader, Soboma George and a groundnut seller, Joy John-Ejims. The court ruled that Dougbra Ogbe, Emmanuel Gladstone and Bere Matthew, were guilty of conspiracy and murder and…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they “forgive” the killers of their father, an announcement analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicted people on death row. Khashoggi — a royal family insider turned critic — was killed and dismembered at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in October…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police has disclosed how the killers of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Pro-Yoruba group, Afenifere were arrested. They equally released a photograph of the men responsible for the murder. The police in a statement said, “Police Operatives have arrested the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter…