LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 people, including women and children, have drowned in the Guni-Zumba River while trying to escape attacks on their communities. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday morning when bandits simultaneously invaded Guni and Kurgbaku communities, forcing the residents to flee. Sources to Daily Trust that the…
By Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)- For several years going terrorists from other west African countries with the support of their kith and kin in Nigeria have been wrecking havoc on Nigerian citizens and attacking Nigerian government facilities through out Nigeria with impunity. Barely two years in Kaduna State alone ,…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, was among travellers attacked on the Abuja-Kaduna train by terrorists on Monday night. As gathered, the former deputy governor sustained gunshot injuries during the attack. He was also among the victims who sustained injuries visited by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four people were killed in the early hours of yesterday, when security agencies repelled an attack by gunmen on the Ebonyi Head Office of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) located at Ntezi in Íshíelu Local Government Area of the state. The attackers, who came through the back perimeter fence of…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran claimed responsibility Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard earlier this week. Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest the attack,…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWRANGERS)-Some worshippers were abducted when bandits attacked a mosque in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Sources told Daily Trust that the armed gang struck during evening prayer (Ishai prayer), on Thursday. “They surrounded the mosque and abducted 14 people. They also carted away an unspecified number of cattle from Tudun…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian forces have intensified attacks on several key Ukrainian cities as Ukraine’s president accused Moscow of wanting to “erase our country”. Ukrainian authorities denied Russia’s claim it had captured the Black Sea port of Kherson on Wednesday, the seventh day of its invasion of Ukraine, while Russian artillery massed outside the capital…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Robbers have made away with huge cash after an attack on three banks at Uromi in Edo State. The robbers attacked First Bank, Union Bank and Unity Bank during the operation. Edo Police spokesman, Bello Kontongs, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed the incident to The Nation. Details Shortly… The Nation