LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Traditionalists in Ogun State have distanced themselves from various cases of ritual killings happening in the state, saying those behind the nefarious act are Muslims and Christians. The idol worshippers said those killing fellow human beings for money rituals are Muslims and Christians, who they said have infiltrated them. This is coming…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Jama’atu Nasril Islam has urged Muslims nationwide not to attend the Eid-el-Fitr congregational prayer as part of measures against further spread of Coronavirus Disease. Dr. Khalid Aliyu, the Secretary General of the JNI, with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, as President, said this in a statement on Thursday in…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sheikh Abdul-Ganiy Abubakry, the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, has said that Ramadan fasting begins on April 23. This was contained in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. According to Abubakry, the Tarawiy prayer, which proceeds the fasting, holds on Wednesday, while the first Ramadan fasting…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano Central Mosque appeared like a ghost town Friday as Muslims across the metropolis shunned the weekly Friday Jumat prayers after the recent revelation that the coronavirus pandemic is now prevalent in the state. Yesterday, Kano has became third most impacted state in Nigeria within a space of under a week. Later…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWRANGERS)-A senior Saudi official urged more than 1 million Muslims intending to perform the hajj to delay making plans this year in comments suggesting the pilgrimage could be cancelled due to the new coronavirus pandemic. In February, the kingdom took the extraordinary decision to close off the holy cities of Mecca and…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Agility community at Mile 12 area of Lagos State are presently filled with anger. This followed the death of an 18-year-old girl, Amaka Nweke. Amaka was said to have been beaten to death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Nweke, for not only dating a Yoruba guy, but also…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano Police Command has traced and rescued nine children kidnapped in Kano and trafficked to Onitsha in Anambra State for child slavery. Their rescue followed a public outcry by some parents that there was rise in cases of missing children in the metropolis. Addressing a press conference on Friday, the state…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A group of under-armed locals successfully drove away a gang of 15 heavily armed terrorists who came in the dead of night to assassinate a priest in north-central Nigeria, wrote a former U.S. State Department official Tuesday. The attempted assassination took place last Thursday night in Kaduna State, an area divided between…