LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five villagers fleeing from bandits have been feared drowned at Gurmana river in Shiroro local government area of Niger state. The drowned victims include three women and two children. The Nation learnt the villagers fled the community when they heard of bandit attacks in the adjoining villages. They boarded canoes to cross…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A boy who went missing has been found dead in the back of a car with his eyes plucked out in Suleja, Niger state. The 9-year-old boy, identified simply as Emma, had been missing for two days, before his body was found in the parked car on Monday morning, June 1. The…
By Victor Ebimomi LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Health is wealth. This seems to be the prime philosophy of one of the greatest humanitarian organizations in the world. Based in Canada and known as Nigeria Association for Young Adults of Canada and USA (NAYA), since 2013, the association has been involved in massive quality health care delivery…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Abducted Assistant Commissioner of Police, Musa Rabo, has been rescued. Rabo, who is in charge of Suleja Area Command, Niger State, was rescued unhurt, a statement late on Sunday by Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Frank Mba, said. He was abducted on Saturday at about 3:30pm, a statement by…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger State Police Command has said that a mob killed one Ahmed Bello, a Vehicle Inspector Officer, in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Friday. Narrating the incident,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Niger have arrested a 22-year-old housewife, Harela Uba, of Shakodna village, Shiroro Local Government Area of the State for allegedly killing a three-day-old baby boy in the area. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN)…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Tribunal on Thursday opened hearing in the petition filed by the PDP and it candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory with 883 exhibits from Niger State admitted so far. INEC led other respondents to object the admissibility of those electoral materials as exhibits. Justice Mohammed Garba has…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government says it has started establishing settlements for herdsmen across the nation. Mohammadu Umar, permanent secretary in the ministry of agriculture and rural development, made this known in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the farm settlements when fully established would address the incessant clashes between…