LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Comrade M. B. Muhammad, one of the victims who was abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in 2021, has narrated his encounter with one of his kidnappers at a mosque in Kaduna State. According to him, the encounter happened a few days ago when he stopped at a Shema Mosque near Bakin Ruwa…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity, was tortured and had organs removed before her body was returned, according to a joint media report published Tuesday through Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit media organization. In February, Russia returned Roshchyna’s emaciated body with signs of torture and some organs removed, possibly to…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-74-year-old Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, Alhaji Isah Muhammad Bawa was abducted by bandits on Sabon Birni road last month alongside his biological son on his way to his native town of Sabon Birni, near the border with Niger, after attending a meeting in Sokoto. His abductors demanded…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano State mobilisers for the nationwide planned protest against bad governance have revealed their identities and rolled out demands and directives for the August 1, 2024, mass action. At least 13 civil society organisations under the aegis of the Northern Chapter of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), led by Anas Adamu….
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians against trying to influence or dictate to the youth what to do. Obi made these remarks while speaking to the press during the installation ceremony of Rtn. Au. Nkemdili Nnonyelu as the 8th District Governor of Rotary International,…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has confirmed a minor explosion within Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos on Monday. In a statement by the director of army public relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, he said the incident occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market within the cantonment. He said, “The explosion is suspected to have been…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The current economic quagmire which has brought with it terrible hardship in the country would have been averted had His Excellency, Peter Obi been declared the winner of the February 23, 2023 presidential election. Life has been very unbearable following the inauguration of Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu who on the day of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Current pressures due to poor funding, staff shortages, and inadequate preparation mean that health systems around the world are unfit to cope with another pandemic, an international survey to assess the effects of COVID-19 on health and care workers has revealed. 49 percent of healthcare professionals surveyed in countries including the UK,…