LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michael Oyedokun, one of the kidnapped teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, has been reportedly killed. DAILY POST reports that the gunmen invaded the school on Friday May 15 and abducted the principal, alongside other teachers and several students. The attack, which happened some…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman abducted from Kasuwan Magani area of Kaduna State has returned from bandit captivity with pregnancy. Journalist, Reuben Buhari, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Thursday, April 30, 2026, said the victim regained her freedom two days ago after five months in captivity. Narrating the woman’s harrowing ordeal in…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-Bandits have killed an Abuja-based businessman, Muhammad Shuaibu, and his 19-year-old daughter, Fatima Muhammad, despite the payment of N12 million ransom demanded. Fatima, until her death, was a student of the University of Abuja. The deceased businessman was a trader at the Dei-Dei Modern Market in Bwari Area Council of the FCT….
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have invaded a wedding party in Kahir village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing 13 while abducting an unspecified number of people. A resident of Kagarko, Shehu Bala, who confirmed the incident to our reporter through the telephone on Monday, said it happened around 11:47 pm on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have imposed a ₦20 million levy on farmers in Gatakawa, a community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, before allowing them to harvest their crops. Families in the community are now selling belongings or borrowing money to pay the levies and access their farmlands. According to a source…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As peace efforts gain ground in Katsina State and military operations intensify against armed groups across Northwest, neighbouring Kano State is now facing a new security challenge over influx of fleeing bandits seeking refuge in its border communities. Residents told DAILY POST that the development has forced many families in affected border…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits in the early hours of yesterday attacked a mosque at Gidan Turbe village in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducting no fewer than 40 worshipers. The attack came barely hours after a similar one at Godai village in Bukkuyum LGA of the state, kidnapping over 10 persons. This…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigerian Railway Corporation has attributed the suspension of operations on some of its rail lines to insecurity, banditry and vandalism of its rail tracks. Mr John Otivere, an official of the NRC in Niger, disclosed this in Minna in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the state…