Posts tagged as: Clash

One Killed, Scores Injured As Miscreants, Truckers Clash Over Toll Collection At Tin-Can Port

LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Tin-Can Island Port as hoodlums attacked members of the Lagos State Cargo and Transport Committee (LASTCOC), killing one and injuring several others. Confirming the attack to newsmen, a member of the committee, Mr Seyi Adekanbi, said they were going to Tin-Can port to inform sensitive […]

Senegal Govt Cuts Internet Service As Police, Protesters Clash Over Postponement Of Presidential Election

LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Riot police in Senegal on Monday fired tear gas outside parliament in the capital Dakar, as crowds tried to gather to protest against the postponement of the presidential election scheduled for February 25th, according to BBC Africa. The members of parliament were due to debate a bill that would reschedule the poll […]

Aiye, Eiye Confraternity Cults Clash In Shagamu Claim 20 Lives

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 persons have been killed in a renewed supremacy battle between the Aiye and Eiye confraternity members in the cosmopolitan town of Sagamu, Ogun State. Nigerian Tribune learnt that members of the two rival groups have been killing themselves in the last few days. The town had been under […]

Mile 2 Boils: One Killed As Tanker Drivers, Touts Clash In Lagos

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver has been confirmed killed during a clash between tanker drivers and some hoodlums at Mile 2 area of Lagos. The police the killing was being investigated, but multiple sources said at least four persons were feared killed and many others injured in the clash on Tuesday. It was learnt that […]

Confusion: Two Dead, Scores Injured As Soldiers, Vigilantes Engage In Gun Duel

LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers attached to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu State, engaged in a fierce gun battle with the neighborhood watch group in Eke community, Udi Local Government Area of the state. Naija News learnt that a man and his wife were allegedly shot dead while one of the members, identified […]

Peter Obi Visits Soyinka One Month After Playwright ‘Clash’ With Obidients

LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Sunday, paid a courtesy visit to the Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. The visit is coming one month after the playwright clashed with the Obidients movement, a nickname adopted by Obi’s supporters. Soyinka, who faulted voter suppression witnessed in some polling units in […]

Heavy Gunfire, Blasts Heard In Sudan’s Capital Khartoum As Army, Paramilitay Clash

LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard in Sudan’s capital Khartoum following days of tension between the army and a powerful paramilitary group. Shooting and blasts took place on Saturday in the vicinity of Sudan’s army headquarters and the defence ministry in central Khartoum, as well as the presidential palace and airport. Columns […]

Residents Panic As Hoodlums Clash In Magodo, Lagos

LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums reportedly enforcing a court judgment have been clashing with their counterparts in the Magodo Isheri area of Lagos State. POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that during the clash, the hoodlums, who were armed with weapons, engaged themselves in a free for all, creating tension that sent shivers down the spines of landlords, residents […]

House Of Rep Members Clash Over Fresh Bill To Legalise India Hemp

LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some members of the House of Representatives clashed on Wednesday over a bill seeking to legalise cultivation, sale and use of cannabis, also known as marijuana, for commercial purposes. Two members of the House, Benjamin Kalu and Olumide Osoba, had sponsored a fresh bill seeking to amend the National Drug Law Enforcement […]

Scores Feared Killed As Shi’ites Members Clash With El-Rufai’s Convoy

LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NESRANGERS)-Scores of people are suspected to have been killed when security operatives attached to the convoy of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State clashed with Shi’ite members in Bakin Ruwa Area of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Thursday. Details of the incident are sketchy but sources told Daily Trust […]

Photo Gallery

Designed by News Rangers ICT Department