LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mike Ogiasa, a cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan has begged for his release. Ogiasa served as Bayelsa Commissioner for Special Duties in charge of Federal Projects, and Special Adviser on Power. The engineer was kidnapped at Otuogidi in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa on June 2. Ogiasa was seized…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Media Consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi and ‘Dan Iyan Fika, Malam Tukur Mamu has said that 11 kidnapped train passengers have been released on Saturday by the terrorists. Vanguard had earlier reported how Mamu acted as middle man and lead negotiator between the Federal Government and the terrorists who they trusted…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in a N174 billion fraud, The PUNCH can confirm. Idris was released on bail from the custody of the anti-graft agency on Wednesday night in Abuja…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who abducted dozens of train passengers in northern Nigeria have released one of the hostages – a heavily pregnant woman. In a video message circulating on social media, the woman said the abductors told her she had been freed on “compassionate grounds”. She was among those kidnapped in March when armed…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension has gripped residents of some parts of Sokoto State as protesters trooped to the streets demanding the release of suspects arrested over the killing of Deborah Samuel in the state. DAILY POST recalls that Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was killed on Thursday over…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the 2022 Ekiti State Governorship election. “On Wednesday 16th February 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) published the personal particulars and list of candidates (Form EC9) for the Ekiti State Governorship election in our State and Local…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna politician, Shehu Sani has called on religious leaders to intervene after a man allegedly divorced his wife following her release from kidnappers’ den. According to the former lawmaker, the man, from Zaria, Kaduna State, could not continue with the union on the suspicion that she might have been raped by the…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The abductors of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Otokito, have contacted the paramount ruler of his community, Otuokpoti, in the Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. Otokito’s assailants, believed to be operators of illegal crude oil refinery, also known as ‘kpofire’, had stormed his residence in…