LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is discontent at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, over the ‘missing’ two trainee helicopters acquired for the college by the Federal Government in 2010. The current market value of the two equipment indicates $2.5 million (about N2.375 billion) each, totaling N4.750 billion. This is as Daily Independent gathered…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Ugochukwu Nene from Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria makes wave in United States Navy. Nene who is attached to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87, conducts routine maintenance on an F/A-18E Super Hornet in the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) hangar bay…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Mike Auta, Kaduna-South Senatorial Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has distributed 700 bags of rice to widows and orphans in the area, to celebrate Christmas. Mohammed Zakari, Director-General of Auta Campaign Organisation, made the donation on Auta’s behalf in Kafanchan, headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area. Newsmen reports that the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eleven people have been electrocuted to death and many others injured in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Gwargwaje area of Zaria Local Government, leading to the burning of some buildings and business premises. According to the management of Kaduna Electricity…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped at least 140 schoolchildren in the north-west of the country, police say. At least eight people were also abducted from the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning. Two nurses and a 12-month-old child were among those seized, said a hospital worker. There…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen Thursday attacked Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, in Kaduna State, abducting some lecturers and their families. An official of Kaduna Sate Vigilance Service who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) but did not want his name mentioned, said some students of the institution were also injured. The official, who…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Display of affluence by one of the residents of the Low-Cost Housing Estate of Zaria is believed to be one of the major factors that attracted kidnappers to the area. Many residents are of the view that a recent wedding ceremony, which took place in the area where United States Dollars were…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lecturer and his two children were abducted by gunmen at the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria, Kaduna State at the weekend. Journalists were told that the gunmen stormed the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic on the outskirts of Zaria, abducted the 3 persons and shot one other person. “The incident took place on Saturday…