LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A transborder drug trafficker, 36-year-old Nkem Timothy, alias Auwalu Audu has been arrested in Sokoto by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while trying to cross to Algeria through the Niger Republic with 62 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine weighing 1.550kg, which has an estimated street value…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has been called upon to “quickly and quietly leave the seat of Caliphate” or immediately stop his malicious vituperations against Islam and Muslims and tender unreserved apology to the Muslim Ummah. Significantly, the call from the Muslim Solidarity Forum, Sokoto, in a press statement,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a drama at the Kwannawa motor park in Dange-Shuni local government area of Sokoto state on Sunday as a commercial driver identified one of his abductors amongst his passengers. The driver (name withheld) was kidnapped along Kankara in Katsina state while returning from Kano about two months ago. Daily Trust…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A seasoned journalist in Sokoto State and Editor of Newsdiaryonline, Abdallah El-Kurebe, has tested positive for Coronavirus. PRNigeria learnt that the prolific Editor contacted the deadly virus from a fellow journalist who had tested positive for COVID-19. The journalist, who is now late, died at a Sokoto Hospital, two days after he…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday said it nabbed a 28-year-old female member of a kidnap gang infamous for perpetrating crimes in Sokoto, Kebbi, Kaduna and Niger States. It said Fatima Garba, who was the armourer of the gang, was arrested alongside other members. “Fatima, who confessed of being the gang’s armourer…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has accused National Assembly members of stealing billions of naira in the name of constituency projects. The ICPC, in a report tagged “Constituency Projects Tracking Group”, tracked 424 projects from 2015-2018 constituency projects between June and August 2019 across the 12 states of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chief Superintendent of Immigration has been arrested for allegedly supplying bandits with ammunition in Sokoto. The officer whose name was not disclosed was said to be indicted in a confessional statement of some bandits arrested recently. The suspect was said to be in charge of one of the local governments hitherto…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother of seven, Maryam Abdulrahman, and a young man have allegedly been killed by men of the Nigerian Air Force who stormed Mabera area of Sokoto, South Local Government Area of Sokoto State to avenge the harassment of a girlfriend of one of their colleagues, Daily Trust is reporting. Daily trust…