LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has strongly condemned the shooting at Enugu-Ukwu, Anambra State, yesterday targeted at the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, describing it as “unfortunate and condemnable”. Speaking to newsmen at the Abuja Airport, Obi said he was saddened when he heard about the news, especially…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The top U.S. Air Force general in the Middle East warned on Thursday that Iran-backed militias could resume attacks in the region against the United States and its allies as tensions rise — assaults that could lead to a new Mideast escalation. Speaking to journalists before stepping into his new role at…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Wednesday invaded the National Youth Service Scheme Corpers’ lodge located along Udo Ekong Ekwere street, off Information Drive in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and raped women occupants. It was gathered that the gunmen who stormed the area by 1 am that on tricycles carted away valuables…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums popularly known as ‘Area Boys’ have attacked the convoy of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu in Lagos State. Tinubu, according to a report by AIT, was attacked at the Adeniji end of Isale Eko after the former Lagos governor paid a visit to the Oba…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria on Sunday, killing three people, witnesses and a state official said, weeks after a similar attack in the West African nation left 40 worshippers dead. The attack in Kajuru area of Kaduna State targeted four villages, resulting in the abduction of unspecified number of…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has said those carrying out attacks such as the one on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in the state, are foreigners from Mali trained in Libya. While describing the attack as vile and satanic, Akeredolu promised that the [erpetraors would be arrested soon. Gunmen had on…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen invaded the premises of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada, Onitsha station on Sunday, and brutalised some staff members who were on night duty. An eyewitness said the gunmen burnt a building, a company bus and another vehicle parked on the premises. While noting that no life was lost in the attack,…
LAGOS MAY 31st (NEWSRANGERS)-Militants of Ambazonia, a separatist group in South West Cameroon, have killed at least 20 people in a community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. Chief Cletus Obun, a former member of Cross River House of Assembly and an aspirant of House of Reps for Boki/Ikom federal constituency, confirmed…
