LAGOS MAY 301ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Wanted drug kingpin behind the 2000.6kg Cannabis Sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on 2nd December 2021, Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru (a.k.a. Lawrence Ik Okamaru) has been arrested in Ondo state after five months of manhunt by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Two suspects: Matthew…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year with one death reported, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said late on Sunday. Monkeypox, a usually mild viral infection, is endemic in the African countries of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. But…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Friday that Starlink, the satellite internet service launched by SpaceX, his space exploration company, has been approved in Nigeria and Mozambique. This news is coming three days after Musk answered a tweet about the service launch in Africa. “Yes, first countries in Africa to be…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Homicide detectives attached to the Victoria Island Police Station, have launched investigations into the mysterious death of a 75-year-old American identified as Doris Samuel, who died moments after coming to Nigeria to join her 36-year-old husband, Okelue Kingsley. It was gathered that the deceased came to Nigeria to meet Kingsley so that…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Having paid a ransom three times to secure the freedom of his loved ones, Nigerian businessman Lawal Ado is not impressed by moves to outlaw payments to kidnappers. A controversial bill to criminalise ransom payments is the latest attempt to curb the country’s spiralling and lucrative kidnapping industry. It proposes a jail…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of her maiden voyage to Nigeria, newest Naval war Ship (NNS) ‘KADA’ made a historic stop-over at Port Gentil, Gabon on Saturday, May 21, 2022. It was gathered that this is her last Port Call before her arrival to Lagos. At Gentil, NNS KADA was received by the Deputy…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)I watched Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Channels TV speak on the insecurity in the country and how decomposing and fast dissolving Nigeria is . On the same occasion he unapologetically declared the “mad passion” he has for Nigeria , stating that Nigeria needs a leader with…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Anambra State and frontline aspirant for the 2023 presidency, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the problem with Nigeria as mostly economic. Obi was speaking on Monday in London shortly after the meeting of selected persons among the Commonwealth countries with the Prime Minister of Britain, Mr. Boris Johnson,…