http://ift.tt/2xNohCW LAGOS SEPTEBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kogi State Police Command said it has launched a manhunt for the killers of an expatriate, his police orderly and driver on the Lokoja-Ajaokuta Road on September 16. The command’s Public Relation Officer, ASP William Aya, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Lokoja. Aya said the expatriate was traveling…
http://ift.tt/2jFqnyq LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government has ended. The meeting ended at about 8:30pm on Monday. ASUU at the end of the meeting initially said it would announce its position on the strike action in a few hours. The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun…
http://ift.tt/2xfSuZB LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has commenced gradual withdrawal of its men stationed at various checkpoints in Aba after the recent clash with protesting members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that on Sunday, Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu told newsmen in Umuahia that the military on…
http://ift.tt/2hcODDH SenatePresdent Bukola Saraki LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr. Bukola Saraki,the President of the Senate, has said that the announcement of the proscription of the group known as Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) by Governors of the South-east states and the categorization of the group as a ‘terrorist organisation’ by the Defence Headquaters are unconstitutional and…
http://ift.tt/2ykuWRT LAGOS SETEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a man, Andrew Agofure, suspected to have burgled a house at Lekki-Ajah area of the metropolis and stole a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon valued at N37 million. But Agofure has denied the allegation. Police said they were also…
http://ift.tt/2xKhoC5 The burnt palace of Okokomaiko Hausa’s leader LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were reported to have lost their lives as groups loyal to the son of Saika Hausawa of Okokomaiko and a suya seller enganged in physical battle in Okokomaiko a suburb of Lagos state. Report reaching Newsrangers revealed that the incident started on…
http://ift.tt/2xL0F1J Zannah Mustapha in a class at the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18 (NEWSRANGERS)-Zannah Mustapha, the Nigerian mediator who brokered a deal for the release of dozens of Chibok schoolgirls captured by Boko Haram, has been named this year’s winner of the United Nations High Commissioner for…
http://ift.tt/2hcdkjn LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 people were killed on Monday when two female suicide bombers attacked an aid distribution point in northeast Nigeria. A rescue worker said the first blast happened at 11:10am local time (10:10GMT) in Mashalari village of the Konduga area, about 40km from Borno state capital Maiduguri. “[It] killed 15…
