LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As a gesture of love and in celebration of Valentine’s day, the Commissioner of the Cross River State Forestry Commission, Mr. Oyo Emmanuel Idem, has demonstrated his commitment to giving back to society by donating school uniforms and books to pupils in Ironbar Memorial Primary School in Calabar. Cross River State. …
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six pupils at the Local Government Education Authority Primary School, Alwaza, in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been kidnapped by heavily armed men who stormed the school premises on Friday morning. A source in the community who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the incident occurred…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three school pupils, siblings, were feared killed when a commercial vehicle ran over them on Kajola/Igbominasi Highway in Ilesa, Osun State, on Monday. African Examiner reports that the siblings met their deaths on their way to school. Residents of the area consequently blocked the highway in protest. The blockage led to a…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government through the ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Tuesday flagged off the distribution of Utensils under the National Home Grown School Programme in the North Central Zone. In a release by Nneka Ikem Anibeze the Special Assistant on Media to the minister, the occasion took…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 618 schools have remained closed in six northern states over the fear of attack and abduction of pupils and members of staff, according to a tally by THISDAY. Also, barely three days after the abduction of 39 students of the Federal School of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, security…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Esther Akpan, age 29, has been arrested by the Lagos State command of the Nigeria Police. Mrs. Akpan who teaches at God’s Grace And Mercy Private School, Lagos, was arrested for being in the habit of stealing and eating the pupils’ meal while the kids starve. The unfortunate…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Monrovia suburb of Paynesville was a town in mourning Friday, as residents sought to come to terms with the loss of 27 pupils in a huge fire at a Liberian Koranic school. “How do you expect me to feel in this condition?” said Isatu Sow, mother of one of the…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, will not celebrate his birthday in schools and with school children as he used to. This was disclosed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Valentine Obienyem. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Thursday after the sitting of the Presidential…