LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Monday night along the Eleme axis of the East-West Road when a vehicle attempting to flee from suspected armed kidnappers plunged into the Okulu River. Reports indicated that the driver of a Toyota Hilux van, carrying an expatriate and other workers from an undisclosed company, lost control of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has overturned a judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from releasing monthly federal allocations to Rivers State. The appellate court justices had a split ruling on Friday as two ruled in favour of Rivers State government while one objected. Governor Siminalayi Fubara…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely three hours after the unsealing of previously closed local government secretariats by the Rivers State Police Command, violence erupted in several areas, leading to arson, shootings, and fatalities. According to Vanguard reports, a section of the Eleme Local Government secretariat, on Monday morning, was set on fire shortly after the arrival…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A contract staffer with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Asher Christopher, has reportedly died while on duty. It was alleged that the 23-year-old Christopher had fell off from the five-storey building and died while carrying out his duty on Tuesday. However, the family of the victim has called for a…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service said its operatives intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, Illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port, Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command said its men have arrested 16 suspects in connection with the murder of a female inspector in front of Taabaa Police Station in Khana local government area of the state. The incident occurred on April 25th while the policewoman identified as Christiana Erekere was on…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, on Monday, rescued over 250 persons including children following a boat mishap, involving a cargo boat, MV Precious Emmanuel, along Buguma waterways in Asari-Toru local government area of Rivers State. The commercial boat, MV Precious Emmanuel, was conveying goods worth millions of Naira from…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unidentified number of persons have been burnt to death in a tanker explosion in Rivers State, according tio a report just coming in from the state capital, Port Harcourt. “The victims were feared killed following the explosion of a tanker loaded with fuel at the Eleme section of the East-West Road…
