LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 12 people have been killed, including a father and his two sons who were burnt alive, after heavily armed bandits launched a deadly midnight attack on Lajinge village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The incident reportedly lasted for about four hours without any security intervention,…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A small plane carrying tourists has crashed in Peru, killing all 13 people on board, according to local news reports and Peruvian officials. The aircraft, a Cessna Caravan C-208, had been flying over Nazca Lines archaeological site when it went down on Saturday. Eleven passengers and two pilots were on board. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Affa community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State have cried out to Governor Peter Mbah and security authorities after heavily armed kidnappers invaded a Catholic church in the community during worship on Sunday, abducting a seminarian, a catechist and three other worshippers. According to distressed residents, the attackers,…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has over the weekend expressed profound grief. A female driver died in a fatal lone road traffic accident motorist at Mongoro, inward Ile-zik, along one of Lagos’ busiest arterial corridors. Security investigations revealed that the deceased, who was driving a Toyota Sienna (LND 162…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty years after the assassination of one of Lagos’ most accomplished politicians, Nigeria is still searching for answers. On the morning of July 27, 2006, Lagos awoke to shocking news. Olufunsho Williams—Engineer, Technocrat, Philanthropist and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s leading governorship aspirant for Lagos State—had been found dead in his Dolphin…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) says a fire broke out in parts of its head office in Central Business District, Abuja, on Saturday. In a statement on Sunday, Joe Abuku, group head, corporate communications, FMB, said combined teams from the Federal Fire Service and the FCT Fire Service responded promptly…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Catholic seminarian of the Otukpo Diocese in Benue State, Kelvin Ochai, has regained his freedom after escaping from the den of the gunmen who abducted him in Asa III, Otukpo Local Government Area. The Diocese confirmed on Saturday that he safely reunited with his family after making his way to…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month old conflict for now. Trump added that the emerging deal “would…
