LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 40 people, many of them civilian volunteers with the army, have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso, local sources and security officials said on Monday. In the northern region of Sahel, around 25 people were killed in two assaults on Saturday, including 13 members of the VDP volunteers,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly ambushed a convoy of policemen returning from the burial of a late colleague, ASP Gilbert Sampson, along Idema-Otuabagi Road, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, killing four occupants with three others injured. Confirming the attack to Nigerian Tribune on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, SP…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen believed to be armed robbers have attacked a bullion van in Imo State, police authorities have said. The Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Police Command, Mike Abattam, confirmed the attack on Thursday in Owerri, the state capital. He explained that the incident occurred in the afternoon at Nguru community…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some residents of Oyo town who thronged the Oyo Palace to mourn the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi on Saturday were stung by bees. This happened around 10 am after Islamic clerics had arrived at the palace in preparation for the burial of Oba Adeyemi, who died on…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium as gunmen have reportedly invaded a mosque at Soyoye in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State, where they kidnapped an Inspector of Police and two other worshippers. The Police officer, Inspector Kamarudeen Bello, who is also the Chief Imam of the Mosque, was kidnapped last week Sunday…
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…