LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some unidentified gunmen reportedly waylaid an ambulance conveying a dead body and kidnapped the younger brother of the deceased in Edo State. The deceased who died in Lagos was being conveyed in an ambulance from Lagos State to Enugu for the burial rites before the incident. The Gunmen were said to have…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three farmers have reportedly been killed by suspected herders at the small town of Ugo in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State while farm produces worth almost N600 million were also destroyed and set ablaze. A farmer, Mr Michael Eghaghe alleged that the Fulani cattle rearers used their cattle to graze…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“I was meant to be killed, but my abductors sold me to herdsmen. I saw hell and I don’t wish my enemy such.” Those were the exact words of the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Mrs Bridget Esene, who was kidnapped on Sunday…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) was early Sunday morning thrown into panic mode as the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, Mrs Bridget Esene, was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen on her way to church. Nigerian Tribune gathered that Esene was trailed by her abductors on Sunday…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Middle-aged man has abandoned his wife and three children in a Point of Sales shop at Oluku near Benin City, the Edo State capital. Reports had it that the man went to the POS shop with his wife and three children, gave his Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Card to the female…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A notorious kidnapper who has been on the police wanted list for the past months has been arrested by men of the Edo state police command. The suspect identified as Dauda Yusuf and his gang members was said to have been terrorising Auchi, Igarra, Okpilla, Fugar, Agenebode and environs, all in Edo…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, was on Tuesday cleared by the authorities of the University of Ibadan of alleged forgery of his degree certificate brought against him by the All Progressives Congress. But hearing in the matter continues today (Wednesday) at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The degree certificate was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A courageous female Point of Sale (POS) operator, identified as Ann, has reportedly disarmed two robbery suspects in the Uhogua community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Uhogua community, located down the Upper Siluko Road end of Benin City, plays host to the Home for the Needy International Christian…