LAGOS MARCH 11 (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen, believed to be kidnappers, on Friday invaded Grow Home Estate in the Chikakore area of Kubwa, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and abducted several residents. SaharaReporters, at the scene of the incident on Saturday morning, gathered that the gunmen invaded the estate, opposite Champions Church, around 10pm…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The family members, neighbours and friends of a 37-year-old farmer, Kehinde Egbeyi, are currently in a mourning mood after his corpse and that of his wife, Bukola, were found at their residence at Oke Erinja, Ilaro-Owode Road, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-With barely 23 days to the commencement of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, a video showing the moment the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano was prevented by traders from campaigning for his wife, Eberechukwu at the famous Onitsha main market has surfaced online. In the footage, which was shared…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian family’s outing at the beach ended in tragedy when a pastor and his wife died after attempting to save their 13-year-old son from drowning. Felisberto Sampaio, 43, and his wife Inalda Sampaio, 42, spotted their son Ian Sampaio going under water at Camaçari Beach in Paraíba last Tuesday. The couple went…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lekan Adekanmbi, a suspect in the murder of a former official of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kehinde Fatinoye; his wife and staff of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Bukola Fatinoye; and their son, Oreoluwa Fatinoye, has reportedly escaped from the custody of the Ogun State Police Command. The revelation was made…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Jude Ozuogu, 40, and his wife, Ifeoma Ozuogu, 24, have been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for child abuse in Enugu. Justice A. C. Ogbuabor of an Enugu State High Court sentenced the couple for maltreating their 10-year-old maid named Chinonye Nnadi in July,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have abducted the wife and four children of a member, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Aminu Ardo Jangebe. Also abducted were his two neighbours, Alhaji Yahaya and Sa,adu Mainama. Speaking to The PUNCH on the phone, an indigene of the town, Sani Abubakar said the bandits arrived the town around 11…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the kidnapping of one Mrs Victoria Dandaura, wife of the head of the Corps Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS). This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Director, Public Relations Office (PRO), Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Thursday in Abuja. The Spokesman…