LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 1,800 inmates have escaped after a heavily armed gang attacked a prison in southern Nigeria using explosives, correctional authorities said Monday, in one of the West African country’s largest jailbreaks. The attackers blasted their way into the Owerri prison in Imo state, engaging guards in a gun battle and…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Special Investigation Task Force set up by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Abubakar Adamu in continuation of ongoing investigation into the reported attack and attempted murder of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has arrived Makurdi, the Benue State capital. A press statement signed by CP Frank Mba of Police…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected gunmen on Thursday night attacked Jos Aviation quarters in the Heipang area of Plateau State and abducted some persons. “It was gathered the gunmen gained entrance into the quarters at about 8.15 pm and started shooting sporadically,” says a breaking news flashed by The Nation. It quted an unnamed source as…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed attackers killed 137 people in coordinated raids on villages in southwestern Niger on Sunday, the government said, making it one of the deadliest days in recent memory in a country ravaged by Islamist violence. The unidentified assailants struck in the afternoon, raiding three villages and other hamlets in Tahoua region bordering…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has instituted an investigation into the violent attacks and theft allegation against the policemen captured in the viral video where two (2) mobile policemen were attacked and alleged to have stolen mobile phones in a shop at the computer village Ikeja, Lagos State…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than two teachers, and a nurse, were allegedly injured on, March 10, when SS1 students led thugs to attack staffs of the school after a teacher seized their phone. It was gathered that on Wednesday 10th March 2021, the Physics teacher caught some SS 1 students watching pornography on a…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna State, abducting several students. The college is located few metres away from the Nigerian Defence Academy in the Mando area of Kaduna State. Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige told Channels…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some students who were studying at a secondary school in Damaga community, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, fled on Wednesday when armed bandits struck. Residents said dozens of unidentified armed men arrived on motorcycles and opened fire immediately. At least 13 people were reportedly killed in the attack while cows…
