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…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several persons including two members of the Benue State House of Assembly were injured when the convoy of the state governor, Samuel Ortom, was involved in a car crash. The accident occurred on Friday morning when the governor and the Peoples Democratic Party supporters were traveling to the Utokon community of Ado…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected terrorists on Tuesday, near Dutsinma, Katsina State, ambushed the convoy of cars conveying the Presidency’s advance team of security guards, protocol and media officers, killing two policemen in the process. The Presidency officials were travelling to Daura ahead of the trip of the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to his hometown for…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hoodlums popularly known as ‘Area Boys’ have attacked the convoy of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu in Lagos State. Tinubu, according to a report by AIT, was attacked at the Adeniji end of Isale Eko after the former Lagos governor paid a visit to the Oba…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A convoy carrying Borno state governor Babagana Zulum came under fire from militants this week, forcing him to cut short a trip to the northern town of Malam Fatori, three military sources and a security source told Reuters on Saturday. The attack, which raises questions about the governor’s pledge to close displaced…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Udala FC, Uke, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Chief Philip Udala, was on Tuesday killed by unknown gunmen. Also killed in the attack was the Team Manager of his football club, Godsent and the Secretary of Anambra Independent League (AIFL). Udala, as he was fondly called…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As we speak, there were mixed reactions on Monday from Nigerians when photographs of the National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore surfaced on the internet, showing he uses police escorts and Toyota Sport Utility Vehicles. Apparently, it wasnt t clear where the National President was heading, but the photographs show…
