LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Saburi residential district in DeiDei area of Abuja are now living in heightened fear following renewed activities of hoodlums. According to them, the hoodlums send scavengers to survey the area before striking. The gunmen have attacked the area about thrice since January 1 and made away with valuables, and money…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in the United States has sentenced Babatunde Ayeni to 10 years’ imprisonment. Peoples Gazette reports that the court filings from the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, which it obtained, showed that the court ordered Ayeni to pay approximately $20 million to victims of his scam. According…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC JV) – Operator of the NNPC Limited, SPDC, TotalEnergies and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Joint Venture– has, announced the donation of US$1 million to support efforts to provide relief to over half a million people displaced in flood impacted communities of Borno State….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says the federal and state governments should provide aid and relief to victims of the flood disaster in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno. On Tuesday, thousands of residents fled their homes following a flood that ravaged swathes of Fori,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the lives lost in the building collapse at Ochanja Market in Onitsha , while urging the general public to adhere strictly to engineering and building standards for people’s safety. In a press release, Obi lamented the tragic loss of lives…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-DESPAIR best describes the emotion of 32-year-old Ikenna as he narrated how he lost his N300,000 savings and other valuables to a one-chance robbery gang in Lagos. With tears, he spoke of how he lost the money, which he intended to use to secure an apartment, in the course of a trip…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid the high rising buildings, beautiful scenery, headquarters of security agencies and constant show of force by the police, Army, Department of State Services (DSS) and National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, lies the atrocities of criminals popularly known as ‘one chance.’ They…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has expressed deep sadness over the train accident which occurred in the early hours of today, Thursday, 9th March 2023 in Lagos. The Minister has ordered an immediate and full investigation into the unfortunate incident. The accident involved a Nigerian Railway Corporation passenger train and…