LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police orderly (name withheld) has been shot and killed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. According to eyewitnesses, the sad incident occurred around the popular Landmark hotel at Olu Obasanjo road on Friday night. The male police inspector was escorting his principal when he was shot at with the assailants escaping…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has announced a new visa application centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital. The new visa centre is located at Présidential hôtel, 5141 Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. UKVI UPDATE: TLScontact has opened a new UK visa application centre in Port Harcourt. Address: Port Harcourt Visa Application Centre…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hired as a so-called tax collector by several influential families, Captain Nwokuha has a fearsome look as he walks around with a piece of wood to enforce his authority at a busy and chaotic road junction in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt. The 34-year-old’s job is to collect “taxes”…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking has arrested a 48-year-old man, Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro, 28, for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby. It was reported that the suspects allegedly sold the baby to fund their drug addiction. The suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, who…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed two aides and kidnapped their boss, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The kidnappers also shot three of the police escorts attached to the senior lawyer. It was gathered that the policemen, who sustained various degrees of injuries in the attack, have…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared a Port Harcourt, Rivers State-based popular prophetess and founder of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, Faith Ugochi and a celebrity couple – Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Allen – who were arrowheads of an international syndicate operating from Los Angeles, United States of America wanted…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Hon. Chinyere Igwe (Member House of Representatives) and Atiku Abubakar’s campaigner was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning in Port Harcourt with over Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($500,000.00). During interrogation, he claimed it was given to him by Atiku to ensure his electoral success in Rivers State. Also…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, Friday woke up to its version of protests against scarcity of cash in the state with hoodlums blocking parts of the roads in the state capital as early as 8:00 am. The Hoodlums temporarily blocked the Ikwerre Road area of Mile 3 and…