LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jigawa State governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar, three senators from the state, namely; Senator Danladi Sankara, Senator Ibrahim Hadejia, Senator Sabo Nakudu and some member of the national and state assemblies and other top government officials escaped death as they were held hostage for several hours by angry youths in Hadejia town. Vanguard…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the church located along challenge in Ibadan, Oyo state capital had all prepared to attend the last Sunday service in the month of February with a heart of praise and Thanksgiving to God. It was however a different scenario at the church service as land grabbers forcibly ended the church…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was on lockdown Monday after Haitian police attacked the army headquarters to demand better working conditions, sparking a gun battle that left two servicemen dead and a dozen wounded. The main roads through the city were blocked and smaller streets were deserted, leaving the capital cut off…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh revelations have emerged on how Boko Haram insurgents attacked Garkida town in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State for six hours on Friday night. The town is located on the Gombi-Biu – Damaturu Road, which shares proximity with Southern Borno and Sambisa Forest. Reports say police barracks, churches and a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers and men of Nigeria Customs Service Ogun State command supported by personnel of the Nigerian Army on patrol have been attacked by daredevil persons suspected to be rice smugglers in Ogun State. In a press statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada the attack took place at 02:30…
LAGOS FABRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Gunmen killed 24 men, including a church pastor, and kidnapped three others on Sunday in Burkina Faso, an official said. It was the latest attack against a religious leader in the increasingly unstable West African nation. The mayor of Boundore commune, Sihanri Osangola Brigadie, said the attack occurred in the town…
LAGOS JANUAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of businessmen and women, whose shops are located in the Alakuko and Dalemo areas, which are border communities in Lagos and Ogun states, were surprised on Wednesday as hoodlums demolished the properties. Some of the shops were said to have been robbed and the goods in them looted in an operation…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed robbers on Wednesday invaded the MTN office located in Tudun Wada area of Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital. The robbers, numbering three arrived at the office around 2.00pm on Wednesday and carted away nothing less than N4.5 million naira. The MTN manager in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki narrated that…
