LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Rivers State have paraded a man who allegedly sold his baby boy hours after he was born. Izuchukwu Okoye was said to have sold the baby for N600,000 and told his relatives that the child died shortly after birth. Police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni told journalists that the incident happened on…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has slammed a N7 Billion suit against ThisDay Newspapers being damages for libel written and published in ThisDay’s Tuesday, June 23, 2020 edition. In the publication captioned, “With Wike, Obaseki Meets His PDP’S Waterloo, Almost,” the Defendants maliciously and falsely portrayed the Claimant as an unreliable…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old widow has alleged that she was raped all night by a policeman attached to the Sakpenwa Police Division, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to the Nation, the widow said the policman abducted her on Tuesday and took her to guest house where he raped her at gunpoint…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A private school owner in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Rose Ezemazu has been forced to sell garri in Sangana market to survive following closure of schools nationwide over the coronavirus pandemic. Schools in Rivers State shut down on March 21 after the state government gave directives. Many private school teachers have since…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday remanded three expatriates and six Nigerians for allegedly aiding and abetting terrorism, kidnapping and possession of illegal firearms. The men were identified as Bimaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmer, Ghane Gordon, Hassan Hakeem, Gregory Smith, Ofem Uket, John Mark, Chidi Amadi and…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed security operatives have surrounded the home of former managing director of the NDDC, Joy Nunieh, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike is reportedly moving to intervene in the stand-off. It was gathered that the former NDDC boss is due to appear before a House of Representatives Committee in…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Wike of Rivers State has sacked the Permanent Secretary, Sunny Okere, for allegedly flouting guidelines put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in the state. This was contained in a statement signed on Wednesday by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Paulinus Nsirim. According to the…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Rivers State said it found three human skulls and a decomposing body of a male in the septic tank of a notorious kidnapper and serial killer in his home at Umuebulu, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. Rivers command police spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, announced the development in a…