LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected of killing a Russian general with a car bomb pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said Sunday. The Investigative Committee said Ignat Kuzin admitted he was paid to kill Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 44-year old man, Tochukwu Ababalu, has landed in trouble in Lagos State for allegedly refusing to refund the sum of N2m mistakenly paid into his bank account claiming that it was his luck. P.M.EXPRESS reports that Ababalu has been arrested and charged for conduct likely to cause breach of public peace…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adewunmi Samuel Sofomade, the leader of the Abuja-based music band kidnapped along the Lokoja highway, has disclosed the amount paid for their release. DAILY POST reports that the band leader was abducted in December 2023, alongside his crew, while returning from a show in Kogi State. The 13-man group was later released…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior officer of the Nigerian Army recently received more than one-quarter of a billion naira from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). DAILY POST exclusively obtained a copy of the two-page letter written to the Army authority and the screenshot of the N270,000,000 credit alert enclosed as evidence. Colonel MS (surname…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in Nigeria have released 74 children out of more than 80 people who were abducted earlier this month in northwestern Zamfara state, after ransoms were paid, parents and a village head said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while…
A BBC investigation has discovered that political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of general elections in February. The BBC’s Global Disinformation Team has spoken to whistle-blowers working for two of Nigeria’s political parties, and prominent influencers who have described it as “an industry”. The…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO), Aminu Suleiman, has signed a N100 million cheque to purchase the All Progressive Congress (APC)’s presidential nomination form for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Suleiman, described as Kebbi business mogul, disclosed this in a tweet sighted by Legit.ng on Wednesday, April 20. “I, Hon. Aminu Suleiman…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts is investigating the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control for paying part of the N9bn it received as special intervention fund from the Federal Government on COVID-19 into personal accounts of some members of its staff. The committee had on Friday grilled the Director-General of…