LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-One person has been confirmed dead while seven others sustained injuries when operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service clashed with suspected smugglers along Sagamu Interchange/Abeokuta expressway in Ogun State. Among those who sustained bullet, injuries are three Customs officers and a soldier. It was gathered that the rice traders who were conveying…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than seven persons have been killed while many were seriously injured as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers clashed in Effin, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Though details of what led to the clash were still sketchy at the time of filing this report, a…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Violence erupted in Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday when a popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, and his supporters reportedly stormed the Fulani settlement in the town to eject the Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, and some other herdsmen accused…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some hoodlums in Tapa in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State on Tuesday attacked personnel of Amotekun, burnt their patrol van and destroyed their office in the community. Tribune Online gathered from a reliable source that the Amotekun personnel, who were on the trail of suspected kidnappers in the community…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Disagreement amongst bandits over large herds of rustled cows has led the killing of a notorious terrorist, Nasiru Kachalla and his colleagues. Security agencies have confirmed to the Kaduna State Government the killing of Nasiru Kachalla. Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, said on Monday that Kachalla, who…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was shot dead and three customs officers were also wounded as they confronted rice smugglers at Kikelomo Area of Ayetoro in Ogun State on Tuesday. The wounded Customs officers serve at the Federal Operations Unit Zone “A’’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Deputy Comptroller, Usman Yahaya, said at about…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the Agodi Gate area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, following a clash between some motorcyclists and warders at the Agodi Correctional Centre. The clash led to the burning of the Idi Ogungun Police Outstation by some angry youths, while another police station opposite the centre was reportedly…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three people including a Customs officer, military personnel and a civilian were reportedly killed when some men of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) clashed with some smugglers in Igbo-Ora town in Oyo state. It was gathered that the three persons died following a clash between Customs personnel from the Federal…