LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force hereby warns against the recent disturbing trend of self-kidnapping (false kidnapping), which is a punishable offense under the laws, and cautions the public against engaging in such activities as there are legal consequences associated with this criminal act. This is following observed incidents of self-kidnapping in various…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the last week of December 2022. It stated on its website on Wednesday that 22 of the cases were recorded in the FCT; 10 were recorded in Lagos State; two were recorded in Delta, while one was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 25-year-old man, identified as Bulus Auma, has committed suicide after reportedly losing two tricycles to robbers in Jos, the Plateau capital. According to NAN, the Jos police command said Asuma was a resident of Angwan Rukuba in Jos north LGA. The tricycle rider was said to have earlier lost a tricycle,…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-two Soldiers and seven policemen were among no fewer than 310 Nigerians killed in May following the insecurity in the country, a report by a media tracking group, Nigeria Mourns, has revealed. According to the report released in Abuja on Thursday, Zamfara, Borno and Katsina States topped the list of the States…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Majority of Nigerian senators yesterday voted against a motion to debate President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day speech in plenary. The motion to scrutinise the speech was moved by Istifanus Gyang, Plateau, PDP. Coming under Order 52 of the Senate standing order, Gyang asked his colleagues, through the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) said outcome of research it conducted across states in Nigeria revealed that most Nigerians believe that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has failed to meet their expectations since coming to power on May 29, 2015. The report also predicted an upsurge in electoral violence and…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was meant to be a gathering to pray for a politician’s mother, but yesterday’s session in Ilorin was more than that. Politicians latched onto the prayer to smoothen defection talks between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Reformed-All Progressives Congress(R-APC)—the conclave of aggrived APC members. The secret session was between…