LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hon. Rachael Averik, the Special Assistant on Political Affairs to the Kaduna State Governor, narrowly survived an ambush by suspected bandits in Southern Kaduna on Thursday, January 2, 2025. The attack occurred between Tsauni Majidadi and Gani villages in Sanga Local Government Area as Averik was returning to Gwantu. She had attended…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has decried the rampaging gunmen attack in Aguata local government area of Anambra State which claimed the lives of two police officers and a vigilante. Obi, who expressed regret of the attacks which also resulted in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have attacked the convoy of Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni along Maiduguri-Dramaturu Road, killing two policemen and injuring two others. The attack took place on Saturday after the governor attended the 24th convocation of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State. According to an eyewitness,…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen have reportedly attacked the Abia State Commissioner for Trade, Investments, Commerce and Industry, Dr. Chibueze Ukaegbu and killed two mobile policemen. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday at Old Express Road by Faulks near Samek Junction at Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State. According to eyewitnesses,…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has blamed the Federal Government for the deplorable state of the Benin-Sapele Road where his convoy was recently trapped. A social media user had recorded a video of the convoy struggling to pass through the flooded road. After the video went viral, Obaseki was heavily criticised…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bride in Niger State recently removed her wedding gown and ran kilometers in the bush to escape abduction by bandits who attacked them while she was being taken to her matrimonial home. City & Crime gathered that the bride was being taken from a village in Paikoro LGA to Kuta, headquarters…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video showing the convoy escorting the new Senate President, Godwill Akpabio after the day’s work is circulating on social media. In the video making rounds, several cars, which consists of V8s, Mercedes Benzes and motorcycle outriders were captured as part of the motorcade. Several security personnel were also part of the…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several Nigerian soldiers died in an attack on a military convoy in the Lake Chad region by jihadist fighters aligned with the Islamic State group, security forces said Tuesday. The convoy was hit by militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) outside the northeastern village of Metele on Friday, leading…