LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Consulate and a United States-based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc., AGRI, to build a railway network that will connect the nine states of the Niger Delta region. The ceremony, which was a part of the one-day…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than t 10 people have been reportedly killed in a road accident involving a luxury bus, popularly called Marco Polo and a truck in Ore, Ondo State on Sunday morning. A source told SaharaReporters that the two vehicles collided because one of their drivers is guilty of wrong-way driving. Videos…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 300-level student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, (FUTA) identified as Olona Joseph Oluwapelumi, has committed suicide in his private lodge in the Aule area of Akure, the state capital. According to sources, the student who was from the Department of Industrial Design took his own life by hanging himself…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have killed a soldier and abducted a Lebanese engineer at Ogbonmo Ijebu-Owo, Owo local government area. Witnesses said the gunmen also killed driver of the Lebanese. The incident was said to have happened at about 5pm on Wednesday. Ondo police spokesman, SP Fumilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ondo, Delta, Cross River, Enugu, Benue and Akwa Ibom state governments on Sunday faulted the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the existence of a gazette, which marked out grazing routes for cattle across the country. Officials of the state governments, who stated this in separate interviews with The PUNCH, also…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some residents, including students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA) in Ondo State, were reportedly killed or injured when a truck ran into them at the institution’s gate on Saturday. Witnesses confirmed that a yet unknown number of people were killed after a truck belonging to the Dangote Group, conveying bags of…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has terminated the appointment of Pastor Gideon Bakare in Akure, Ondo State capital, after being caught trying to have sex with a married woman. RCCG spokesperson, Olaitan Olubiyi, in a statement said Bakare was sacked for attempted adultery and for putting the church in a…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many residential buildings, school, churches were destroyed by an explosion in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Saturday morning The explosion, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, cut off the ever-busy Akure /Owo road while many people were said to be injured. The explosion which happened less than a kilometre…
