LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in Niger State on Tuesday stopped a grand lockdown rally to sell the candidacy of the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kassim Shettima. The programme was also meant to drum support for the governorship candidate of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District in Niger state, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa on Saturday night narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen in Minna the state capital. The suspected assailants were said to have trail the Senator who is seeking his second term into the red chamber in 2023…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman identified as Hasana was on Sunday night stabbed to death by a commercial motorcyclist, also known as okada rider, in the Kwankashe area of Suleja, Niger State. City & Crime gathered that the woman boarded the bike to her house and, on getting there, handed him N150 but the bike…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Adeniyi Jose, 45, from Akure, Ondo State, reportedly strangled his wife-of-eight years Chioma Gloria Ibeh, 39, from Imo state, over allegations of infidelity. The incident occurred in Suleja, Niger State on Monday, August 8, 2022. Mr Jose used a rope to strangle his wife. After killing her, he consumed a poisonous substance….
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Terrorists have reportedly taken over communities between Mutun-Daya and Gunu in Sarkin-Pawa Road, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. These communities are about 20 kilometres from Minna, the Niger State Capital. Speaking on the latest attack, a resident, Shehu Abubakar, said the attackers operated at Chibani, Kuchi and Injita, and Gwada…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has stated that Former Governor Peter Obi, an already accomplished corporate leader and successful businessman, went into politics to make society better. Aliyu made the remark when Obi paid a courtesy visit on the members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Minna,…
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 FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry Youths in Gwada community in Shiroro local government area of Niger state has beaten to death, a middle age man accused of stealing a three years old Boy from the Internally Displaced People’s Camp in Gwada. The incident occurred on Sunday when the deceased, a fruits seller in Zumba community also…