LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed “unharmed”, officials say. Kaduna state governor Uba Sani said they had been rescued thanks to the courage of the security forces. The school authorities had said more than 280 children were…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ace singer, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has released a video of the last conversation he had with his late former record label signee, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji, aka Mohbad. Mohbad died on September 12 and was buried the next day. However, Naira Marley and some members of Marlian Records, including…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS) – World Animal Protection applauds Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre for rewilding parrots caught up in the cruel wildlife trade. Edith Kabesiime, the Wildlife Campaign Manager at World Animal Protection said, “We applaud Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre for doing the only right thing – of rehabilitating and releasing the birds…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 224TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement has been arrested at his home in Finland, the BBC has confirmed. Simon Ekpa has allegedly used social media to incite violence. He leads a faction within the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), which is fighting for a breakaway state in south-eastern Nigeria. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State was attacked on Thursday. Three construction workers were abducted but later set free by the attackers. INEC REC in Imo state , Professor Sylvia Uchenna Agu who made the pronouncement in a statement sighted by NewsRangers state that their office in Orlu Local Government…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The prison sentence of beleaguered ex-South African President Jacob Zuma officially ended on Friday, with correctional services saying he had been released from their system having served only part of his term behind bars. The former Head of State was jailed for 15 months for contempt of court in July last year…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The cause of Queen Elizabeth’s death has been revealed. On Thursday, a document was published by the National Records of Scotland which lists that the late monarch’s death was due to old age. According to an expert from an entry in the Register of Deaths, Her Majesty died on September 8, 2022…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The four catholic sisters abducted last Sunday at Umulolo community along Okigwe-Enugu Expressway in Imo State have been released. The sisters identified as Johannes Nwodo, Christabel Echemazu, Liberata Mbamalu, and Benita Agu were said to be on the way to a morning mass when they were kidnapped. Imo state police spokesman, Michael…
