LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected herdsmen were reported to have shot dead two monarchs in Ekiti State. The monarchs, Elesun of Esun Ekiti and Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti were shot dead yesterday in Ekiti State. The incident was said to have happened between Oke-Ako and Ipao-Ekiti in Ajoni Local Government Area of the state. Sources, according…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man, who has been identified as Safiu Kareem, has raised an alarm regarding the abduction of his father, Akeem Kareem, and an undisclosed number of individuals in the Ofosu area along the Benin-Ore Expressway. Safiu told The PUNCH correspondent that the bandits, who abducted the victims on Wednesday afternoon, were…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers numbering about 45 have been abducted by armed men in Orokam, along the Otukpo-Enugu Road in Ogbadigbo local government area of Benue State. The gunmen were said to have ambushed the three fully-loaded 15-seater commercial buses when they came out from nearby forests in Orokam and forced the drivers of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped a high court judge, Justice Joy Uwanna, and her driver in the Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The female Judge was whisked away by her abductors with her driver while the police orderly was shot dead on the spot. The incident occurred on Monday along the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 100 persons have been abducted by terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, in a mass attack on residents of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. It was learnt that the gunmen raided four villages which were; Mutumji, Sabongari Mahuta, Kwanar Dutsi and Unguwar Kawo, for failing to pay levies…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and abducted at least 60 others in two communities of northwest Zamfara state, residents and a local traditional leader said, two days after armed men kidnapped dozens from a university in the state. Elsewhere, in the northeast of the country suspected Islamist insurgents ambushed…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Zamfara State. The Guardian learnt that the corps members were travelling in Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State, for the one-year national service, when their vehicle was intercepted by the hoodlums. A source…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular native doctor based in his home town, Oba in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State was kidnapped on Sunday night in one of his hotels in the town. The native doctor, known as Akwa Okuko tiwara aki ( an egg that breaks palm nut), was believed to possess…