LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Luis Sarmiento and his grandson went out early to buy bread one morning in March, they came across a shocking scene: A macabre message left by Ecuador’s drug traffickers in the form of two headless bodies. “I covered my grandson’s eyes, went upstairs, and I don’t know anything else,” recalled Sarmiento,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed a former director of medical training operation, at the Defence headquarters, Air Vice Marshal M. M. Maisaka (Rtd) at his residence in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the deceased was shot dead alongside his physiotherapist (also a NAF personnel)…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen opened fire at a car carrying a Ugandan government minister in an attempted assassination on Tuesday, wounding the former army commander and killing his daughter and driver, the military and local media said. Four attackers on motorcycles sprayed bullets at a four-wheel drive vehicle carrying General Katumba Wamala, the minister of…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The founder of Oko-Oloyun Worldwide and De-Fayus International, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf (Aka Oko Oloyun) has been shot dead. Oyo State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the murder of the popular traditional medical expert. Yusuf, the manufacturer of popular Yoyo Bitters and Fijk Flusher among other herbal products, was killed by unknown gunmen…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bunch of gunmen on Tuesday attacked the country home of former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, in Otuoke Community under Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The attack, which occurred around 2:00am, came after Jonathan decided to move to his Yenagoa home at about 12:00am. According to sources, the two soldiers…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Counsel to Innoson Nigeria Limited and to Chief Dr. Innocent Chukwuma, Prof McCarthy Mbadugha escaped assassination attempt as he was brutally attacked yesterday and left in a life-threatening condition by suspected hired assassins who made attempt to his life by using guns and matchets. Press statement released by Cornel Osigwe, Press Secretary…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be hired killers on Tuesday invaded the home of the former member of the National Assembly Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange at Ekeki estate area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital. Senator Nimi-Barigha-Amange is a former Senator for the Bayelsa East constituency of Bayelsa State between 2007 and 2011. He is…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged that she and her son, Olujonwo, were now living in fear for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari in the last election. Mrs. Obasanjo said she was reliably told that someone, who is not pleased with her decision to support Buhari, had sent assassins…