LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African Development Bank(ADB) is spearheading efforts to feed Africa and is investing $25 billion over a ten-year period to transform the continent’s agriculture sector. President of Africa Development Bank , Akinwumi Adesina made the disclosure as he was conferred with an Honourary Doctorate of Science by the Federal University of Agriculture in…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 passengers died while 38 others sustained serious injuries on Tuesday morning when a Mitsubishi Canter Truck plunged into Omi River along Ibadan-Ijebu Ode Highway Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Oladele, who…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A container-laden truck has crushed two persons to death after it tumbled on motion. The crash occurred at the Akankan village, along Olodo on the Abeokuta-Ibadan Road in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A mob has set ablaze two trucks belonging to Dangote cement company for allegedly crushing two persons to death. The accident occurred in Imowo in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday. The two victims, a motorcyclist, and a passenger were on the road when the trucks reportedly hit…
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Youths from Ajowa community in the Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Monday prevented no fewer than 200 Fulani herdsmen from settling in the community. The Fulani herdsmen who were loaded in a trailer from the Northern part of the country arrived at the town on Monday morning…
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 DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Policemen of the Inspector General of Police Special Tactical Squad (IGP – STS) attached to Ogun Police Command, have arrested four suspected armed robbers. The suspects identified as –Matthew Olagoke, Ahmed Abdulahi, Johnson Ojo and Adebanjo Bamidele were arrested in military uniform while on their way to rob a bank in Ekiti….
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested an herbalist, who allegedly killed his lover and sold her body parts to different herbalists, Muslim clerics and pastors for ritual at the rate of N1000 per part. IRT Operatives, led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Abba…