LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Parents of the remaining 165 abducted pupils, students and staff of St Mary’s Catholic School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State are in agony, uncertain about the fate of their children still in the hands of bandits. Last Tuesday, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, officially handed over…
In a surprise turn of event, parents of children allegedly brutalized by pastor during deliverance programme in a compound in Eneka community in the Ohio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state were reported to have protested against police arrest of the cleric. Recall that men of the Rivers State Police Command arrested the pastor…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested two sisters and a couple for faking a kidnap in the nation’s capital. The spokesperson, FCT Police Command, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. She said the sisters, conspired with two others, to stage a kidnap and demand ₦5…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State has alerted parents of the availability of sweets and candies believed to contain intoxicating substances. The Public Relations Officer of the agency, ASN Sadiq Muhammad Maigatari, in an interview in Kano, said the alert became necessary for parents to check the kind…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A stampede in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has claimed the lives of several persons, many of them children and left others with various degrees of injury. Unverified reports claimed that over 30 children died. The incident occurred at Islamic High School Bashorun, Ibadan, as over 20,000 people reportedly stormed the venue when…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The General Overseer of the Omega Power Ministry, Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, has rejected a child abandoned at his residence, stating that his house is filled up. Apostle Chibuzor who is also a traditional ruler, disclosed this in a post on his Instagram account on Thursday, stating that the mother should collect the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Parents of kidnapped Ekiti pupils said fried rice, black bullets, energy drinks, milk and N15 million were offered to secure the release of their children. The schoolchildren attend the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in Emure-Ekiti in Emure LGA. The pupils and their teachers were abducted while returning home in a school…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The increase in tuition fees by schools as a new session begins has thrown many parents into a nightmare. The hike in fees is coming at a time when disposable incomes of families are shrinking occasioned by the removal of petrol subsidies which has spiral effects on prices of goods and services…