LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has identified Kwara and Plateau as the states with the highest population who engage in open defecation. One of its officials also said Nigeria still has the highest number of persons defecating openly. The Director, Water Quality Control and Sanitation, Ministry of Water Resources, Emmanuel Awe, disclosed this at…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry youths in Omu Aran town in Kwara State on Friday intercepted and arrested five Yoruba men who were working with dare-devil herders to kidnap residents of the area for ransom. SaharaReporters learnt that the five suspects, who were busted in a hideout, were tied by the youths with ropes and handed…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman simply identified as Funmi and another aged woman, Iya Isanlu, both of Kajola village lost their lives after a rainstorm in Oko-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Monday. The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Sunday at Boluwarin Church in Kajola village during a torrential rainfall which…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A man, Mr Olokose Ojo, has been murdered six days to his wedding by his neighbour who promised to assist him to get cows for the ceremony in Kwara State. Ojo, said to be in his early 30 and a staff member at the National Health Insurance Scheme unit of the University…