LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebonyi State police command have declared manhunt for armed robbers who killed four police men, injured two after attacking a bullion van at Ezzamgbo junction in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi state. The van was moving money from Enugu to Abakaliki. It was gathered that the hoodlums attempted to intercept the…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some unknown gunmen attacked the residence of the Commissioner for Youths, Hon. Damian Lawani in Udaba Ekphei Community, Etsako West Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo state. The state government in a statement released on Wednesday July 22, said that it had alerted the public through publications in national newspapers that Oshiomhole and a billionaire…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnappers have abducted a policewoman, her daughter and four others at Janruwa, Patrick Yakowa way area of Kaduna metropolis. The incident, according to eye witnesses, happened in the late hours of Saturday when the bandits stormed the community and started breaking into houses in commando style. An eyewitness, Mr. Babalola Mathew,…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 333 Artillery Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno state came under attack by Boko Haram insurgents forces on a Nigeria Service Chiefs celebrated fifth year anniversary in Office. Military sources told TheCable that the insurgents stormed the town around 11:20pm on Monday, firing shots into the barracks. The soldiers responded immediately but the…
LAGOS JUKY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed 26 people in a deadly attack on a drug rehabilitation centre in central Mexico as the country’s government struggles to fulfil its pledge to stop gang violence. Police in Guanajuato state said the attack on Wednesday occurred at a modest two-story house, which was an unregistered rehab centre on…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of armed men attacked the FPSO Sendje Berge some 30 nautical miles southwest from Bonny Island, earlier today, kidnapping some of its crew members. The news first emerged on the website of the UK-based security intel firm Dryad Global, which cited a ‘high confidence’ report, according to which 11 crew…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Wednesday attacked the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, Kogi State, carting away office equipment. The gunmen were said to have arrived in three vehicles and harassed health workers in the facility. The hospital had scheduled a media briefing for the day to demand a COVID-19 screening centre in the state…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters who had gathered outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd. For several journalists across the country, the demonstrations were taking an ominous, dangerous turn. A television reporter in Columbia, S.C., was hurt…
