LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A presidential candidate for the February 25 presidential election has been slammed for allegedly mopping up the scarce new naira notes and sharing to his supporters with a plan to induce voters during elections. Calling on voters to resist vote buying, top official of the Nigerian Security Printing And Minting (NSPM) told…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were killed and three others injured on Sunday when gunmen attacked a Celestial Church of Christ at Felele, Lokoja, Kogi State. An eyewitness, who asked not to be identified for security reasons, said the gunmen, who were fully armed, stormed the church and started shooting continuously. It was learnt that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The people of Mopa town in the Mopa-Muro Local Government Area of Kogi State have been thrown into mourning following the mysterious death of four members of a family after reportedly eating a cassava flour meal known as ‘Amala.’ The deceased died in quick succession between Friday, September 30 and Sunday, October…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 persons were burnt to death on a bridge at Maboro River, in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Wednesday in an explosion of a petrol-laden tanker. DAILY POST gathered that the incident occurred when the tanker lost control and fell on the bridge at about 3.30pm…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The security breach in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State has continued to rise as gunmen have killed four people believed to be staff of the West African Ceramic Company. The victims included an Indian, a policeman, Naval Officer and the driver of the coaster bus which conveyed them. A resident…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed one Mr. Richard Gele, the Police Inspector caught in a viral video dignifying and justifying extortion of members of the public and official corruption which trended from the 25th of July, 2022. Force Public Relation Officer (FPPRO) CSP Olumuyia Adejobi who made this disclosure of the…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits have reportedly kidnapped ten police officers of the Nasarawa State Command in Kogi while returning from Osun State. A police source said, “the officers were kidnapped at Obajana, Kogi State on Sunday, July 17, while returning from election duty. “On July 17, at about 11:05 a.m., information received from…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed gunmen raided a jail in south-central Nigeria late on Sunday, blowing up the perimeter fence and freeing 266 inmates – almost everyone in the prison, authorities said. A soldier and a police officer were killed in the attack and two guards were missing, the interior ministry said. It was the…