LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police say a suicide bomber riding a bicycle with explosive devices strapped to his body killed three people when he detonated himself in a crowded suburb of Nigeria’s northeast city of Maiduguri. Fox News Report. Borno State police spokesman Joseph Kwaji said Tuesday that at least 17 others were injured by the…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in Ezimuko Nsukwu village, Abatete, in Idemili North Council Area, of Anambra state, South-East, Nigeria, as a 27 year old man, identified as Ifeanyi Oguejiofor, on Saturday reportedly stabbed his father, Osita Oguejiofor to death , with a kitchen knife. He equally stabbed his mother who survived the attack,…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has decried the practice by officers of the Nigeria Police Force who still request money for bail from innocent Nigerians, despite the measures put in place to improve the bail process. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, disclosed this Thursday at a roundtable to validate…
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…
