LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad’s military has been accused of killing “scores” of fishermen in Nigeria while targeting jihadists, days after 40 died in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Chad, fishermen and anti-jihadist militia told AFP on Thursday. The Chadian army launched an airstrike pummelling Tilma island in Kukawa district on the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 44-year old man, Tochukwu Ababalu, has landed in trouble in Lagos State for allegedly refusing to refund the sum of N2m mistakenly paid into his bank account claiming that it was his luck. P.M.EXPRESS reports that Ababalu has been arrested and charged for conduct likely to cause breach of public peace…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Tragedy struck on Wednesday as a fighter jet operated by the Nigerian Air Force bombed Kunkuna village in the Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing a yet-to-be ascertained number of villagers. Though details of the incident are still sketchy, it was learnt that the pilots of the military jet “accidentally”…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested after he mistakenly stabbed his mother to death at Zawiyya Tudunwada, Kontagora, Niger state. The man was reportedly fighting his wife when his mother stepped in to intervene. The husband then allegedly reached for a knife and attempted to stab his wife, but he mistakenly stabbed his…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trending video has showed two police officers, who allegedly extorted N150,000 from a motorist, accidentally recording themselves on the victim’s phone. According to the victim, who shared the video, the officers abducted him and forcefully transferred the money from him using a POS agent in Sapele, Delta State. “This happened after…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Finance, yesterday, heard of how a contractor, whose name was not disclosed, erroneously transferred N1 billion to the account of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) An Assistant Controller General (ACG) in the organisation, Ahmed Magaji, made the disclosure when he appeared before the panel to explain…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed men of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, killing over 20 officers, a military source has said. “The soldiers who were reinforced from Ngandu village were said to be on their way to Mainok, headquarters of the…