LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi in a written message left Thursday when they opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina, police said. Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in the country’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil marketers have threatened to close their filling stations in protest against the rejection of old naira notes by deposit money banks across the country. It was gathered that the banks issued circulars to some of the filling stations, urging them to stop accepting the old bills, as the DMBs would not…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After its sensational World Cup performance, Morocco’s national soccer team might boycott the African Nations Championship next month because of a diplomatic dispute with tournament host Algeria. The Moroccan Football Federation said its team will only compete if there is a direct flight from the Moroccan capital Rabat to the Algerian city…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some alleged members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have threatened to make Anambra State ungovernable and to force the state Governor Chukwuma Soludo to resign through killings They warned that since he has decided to use police and military to hunt them, they will make the State ungovernable for him. A…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Friends and relations of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, who was kidnapped by terrorists on his way to assume duty at Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State have raised the alarm that the terrorists threatened to kill the police officer in captivity if their ransom demand is not met. They said that despite paying N7…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, has threatened to shut down the National Assembly, the National Assembly Service Commission, all State Houses of Assembly, all State Houses of Assembly Service Commissions and relevant departments over the authorities’ failure to implement financial autonomy for the legislative arm of government. The workers are…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS) — Just before the start of crop planting in May, Abdullahi Hassan Wagini visited a neighbor’s farm in northern Nigeria to discuss how to prepare the fields. What happened next led him to abandon his livelihood of 25 years. As the two men were chatting, bandits on motorcycles opened fire on…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), has issued a two-week ultimatum to airlines, who have sacked or plan to sack their pilots and engineers under the guise of COVID-19, to reverse the decision. Its President, Mr Abednego Galadinma, at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos, said pilots and…
