LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 229 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force were killed between January 2023 and October 2024, Daily Trust investigations have revealed. The officers were killed by bandits, hoodlums, gunmen, Boko Haram terrorists, cultists and armed robbers across the country. In 2023 alone, 118 police officers of various ranks were killed;…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security operatives, on Monday, arrested the King of Akoh Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Eze Ikegbidi, following the murder of the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim, by suspected cultists last Friday. The slain DPO was ambushed and captured by gunmen while returning from an operation in Odiemere community, Ahoada East, and…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ambience of Alasia, a community in Ijanikin, Ojo area of Lagos, has become tense following the murder of a police inspector by suspected cult members. It was learnt that the policeman was attached to Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos. He was said to have been hacked to death by a…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three persons have been killed as cultists resume killings in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. DAILY POST learnt that the resumption of killings by the cultists was to mark the one-year remembrance of a popular area boy, Tommy, in Oluwo area of Abeokuta. Tommy, said to be a leader of the Eiye…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oba Abdul Ganiyu Aderibigbe Asunmo, the Alayandelu of Odo-Ayandelu in Ikosi-Ejinrin Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, has cried out over activities of cultists in his domain. The monarch said cultists have crippled both economy and social activities in his domain, while his life is already exposed to danger. Oba Asunmo…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected cultists have invaded the Computer Village in Ogunabali, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State, harassing shop owners and extorting money from them. This came as shop owners and traders in the area called on security agencies to come to their rescue and save them and their wares. Some…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of one of the Area Commands in Edo State and two other police officers were reportedly attacked and shot by suspected robbers in the early hours of Friday at the popular Murtala Muhammed (MM) Way in Benin City. The ACP and the two other officers…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The people of Owube community, Ahoada West Local Government Area have cried out that the cultists, who laid siege to their community, were demanding N500, 000 to grant them peace. The people spoke when the Chairman of the Local Government Area, Mr. Hope Ikiriko, visited them at the weekend to ascertain their…