LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed ordered an attack against the forces of the ruling party of Tigray Region, one of 10 autonomous regions of Ethiopia, raising the probability of a full-blown civil war in Africa’s second largest country by population. Abiy accused Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of attempting to attack a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Aggrieved Nigerians have taken to social media to berate the government of President Donald Trump for opposing former Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Lots of Nigerians expressed joy when it was announced that Dr Okonjo Iweala will…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian movie star and politician, Desmond Elliot, has come under severe criticism on social media regarding his proposal to regulate the social media. Elliot, who represents Surulere constituency in the Lagos Assembly was seen in a video that went viral championing for his colleagues at the Lagos Assembly to regulate the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums on Monday attacked the Oko Medium Security Centre in Edo State and freed the inmates. The surging hoodlums overpowered the five armed guards in the facility and had a free day looting shops along roadsides leading to the prison. They also reportedly carted away valuables from offices of prison officials. This…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed robbers on Friday attacked a second generation bank in Iyin-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of the state and made away with unspecified millions of naira. Tribune Online gathered that the gunmen who arrived the town around 3 pm, started shooting sporadically into the air to scare residents and robbed the bank,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is panic in Inen Ikot Esse village in OrukAnam local government area of Akwa Ibom, as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded a Pentecostal church and shot one of the church elders identified Elder Friday Ufenang. It was gathered that the suspected cultists numbering over 10 had stormed the church premises…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least four youths have been confirmed dead and several others injured after an attack by suspected Fulani militants at a local drinking joint in Plateau State. It was gathered that the attack occurred around 10PM on Thursday night, September 24, when some youths were hanging out at the parlour in Gwol village in K/Vom, Jos…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja-bound train from Kaduna State was reportedly attacked by suspected bandits on Monday. The bandits, according to an eyewitness, barricaded the rail track in a bid to stop the train and possibly rob the travellers on board. The assailants were said to have shot repeatedly toward the driver of the train,…