LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The spokesman of Adamawa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Sam Zadock, has been killed by gunmen. According to the State Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Abdullahi Prambe, who spoke in Yola on Wednesday, Zadock was killed in the latest sectarian violence in the state. “We were expecting him…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has expressed concern over claims by the Nigeria Police Force that two of its members conspired to commit terrorism offences and cyber crime because they approved an opinion article on their website, which the police see as uncomplimentary and offensive. The Publishers of Elombah News…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mancoba Seven Angels Ministry, a church run as a cult, with no fewer than 100 sex slaves, was busted by the South African police. Among the sex slaves were girls as young as 12, nursing tiny babies and with leaders who regard themselves as angels. The church, called Mancoba Seven Angels Ministry,…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the killing of Mr Okaye Igali, the Southern Ijaw branch Chairman of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE) by unidentified assassins. DSP Asinim Butswat, the Spokesman of the state Police Command, confirmed the murder to newsmen Saturday in Yenagoa. “Igali `m`age 53,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The media aide to former military President Ibrahim Babangida, Kassim Afegbua, says his life is now in danger, following the receipt of series of unknown phone calls from people threatening him and his family. Afegbua had been visiting offices of the Nigerian Police and the Directorate of State Department (DSS) since he…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons were on Thursday feared dead when commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, and operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on the Environment clashed. The clash was said to have occurred on Isolo Road in Mushin area of the State when the Task Force members moved in to apprehend…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Force Headquarters has launched an investigation into its personnel’s attitude to work. The probe it was gathered was aimed at solving the problems of lazy, unprofessional and mischievous policemen in the system. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Mr. Rasheed Akintunde, who dropped the hint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police has denied reports that suspected Fulani herdsmen were killing innocent Nigerians along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. A viral audio which circulated on social media had stated that Fulani herdsmen allegedly killed many people. However, in a statement by Police Zonal PRO, Dolapo Badmus, the command described the report as false…