LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Defence Headquarters to begin investigation of the incident involving the troops of 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba, which resulted in the death of three police officers and a civilian. Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, said President Buhari gave the directive on Thursday during a meeting of…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has reacted to the killing on Friday of Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Adams, who is the Leader of Oodua Peoples Congress, described Olakunrin’s killing by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State as one too…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Rivers State have adopted new strategy to end perennial kidnapping along East-West Road and Elele-Owerri Road in the state. The Rivers end of the East-West road linking the state to other parts of the country had been a hotbed for kidnappers, targeting passengers of commercial transporters. Hundreds of commuters…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stella Gilbert, a 36 year old lady resident in Ajegunle wailed uncontrollably on Tuesday few minutes after Justice Raliat Adebiyi pronounced death sentence on her for stabbing a fellow housewife, Mrs Stella Godwin to death during a fracas. The deceased is mother of three. She knelt down on the floor, wailing, “Mummy…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two pastors, Chukwuka Stephen and Ejim Stephen, for allegedly killing their brother-in-law, Peter Chukwuyem, in the Papa-Ibafo area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement on Thursday that the suspects, while living with Chukwuyem, were…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have continued to react to the shooting to death of one Godwin by a Customs officer at the Shagamu interchange along Ijebu Ode, by Lagos-Benin road during a heated argument between the customs officers and passengers of a bus. While the Customs rose in justification of the sense of duty of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)— A Texas inmate was executed Tuesday evening for fatally shooting a newlywed during a robbery more than 25 years ago. Alvin Braziel Jr., 43, received lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1993 slaying of 27-year-old Douglas White, who was attacked as he and his wife walked on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock over the killing of military men in Metele village of Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists. He also gave an assurance that immediate measures are being taken to ensure that the loopholes which led to the fatalities are blocked once and for all. In a…