LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in the ancient town of Isua, headquarters of Akoko South East local government area of Ondo State, on Friday, when the 13-year-old son of a fulani herdsman, Suleiman, who was earlier declared missing, was found dead in a river, where he was allegedly dumped by suspected assailants. The father…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have ambushed and attacked an ambulance conveying medical materials along the boundary between Owo in Ondo State and Edo State. The ambulance is a white Toyota bus conveying some medical personnel and members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) when it was attacked, Saharareporters report. An impeccable source who spoke…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Army, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Barracks, Akure, says it is battle-ready to rid Ondo State and neighbouring states of kidnappers and bandits. Brig. Gen. Zakari Logun Abubakar, Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, disclosed this to SaharaReporters in an interview on Friday. Abubakar lamented the rampant cases of kidnapping which…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman, Mrs Olawumi Adeleye and her stepson, Destiny Paul, were allegedly abducted on the Airport Road, in Osi town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to have been kidnapped by the bandits on their way from the church on Sunday evening. According to…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Police Command on Tuesday said it had continued to intensify efforts aimed at rescuing the two officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the officers, simply identified as Abioye and Bayegunni, were kidnapped while returning to their…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The city of Akure, the Ondo State capital last Friday erupted in wild excitement and jubilation when a 26-year-old woman, Bose Isaac who in the course of evangelism, preaching, prayed for a crippled man with leprosy and two deaf men who instantly received healings. The rare occurrence which took place within the…
Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (Rtd.) has distanced Nigeria Anti-Drug agency from statement made by Osun State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu with respect to introduction of medical marijuana in Nigeria during their visit to Thailand. It would be recalled that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who was in Thailand last week…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plans by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu to harness the legal marijuana industry may have hit a brick wall as the Federal Government voiced its disapproval of the scheme. This is in spite of support from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The stance of the FG was voiced by…