LAGOS JUNE18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reverend Father Isaac Agabi, who was abducted last Sunday by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, has regained his freedom. Father Agabi, who is the priest in charge of Holy Name Catholic Church, Ikpeshi, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, was kidnapped along Auchi-Igarra road at about 5.00 pm, while on his…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have ambushed and attacked an ambulance conveying medical materials along the boundary between Owo in Ondo State and Edo State. The ambulance is a white Toyota bus conveying some medical personnel and members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) when it was attacked, Saharareporters report. An impeccable source who spoke…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos based teacher who was kidnapped in Benin on Friday, May 24, narrated his experience in the den of the kidnappers where he spent five days before he was released after paying a ransom. According to him, the kidnappers have laptops and a tracking device which they use to monitor intruders….
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGRS)-The Edo Police Command on Sunday confirmed the discovery of two dead bodies inside an abandoned well in Idunowina community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. The command spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor who confirmed the deaths, said investigation had commenced to unravel the causes. He said the case…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers Unity House, RUH, an All Progressives Congress, APC, interest group in the state has joined growing calls for removal of Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the APC. RUH Convener, Kingsley Wali, who in Port Harcourt, expressed the body’s dissatisfaction with Oshiomhole’s conduct, alleged that the former Edo state governor was…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Edo State Government has lauded a facebook group, Igbanke Unity Forum (IUF) for its continuous donations to schools in the community. The IUF had in October 2017, donated thousands of customised exercise books to students of the three secondary schools in Igbanke community. Making the commendation while officially presenting sets of furniture…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man who was arrested for alleged child theft has confessed to have made over N.7m selling stolen babies in Benin, Lagos, Enugu and Port-Harcourt. The suspect who identified himself as Kenneth Ofoke from Ohrza village in Izzza local government area of Ebonyi State was among other suspected criminals paraded by the…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspected Boko Haram members in the state. The suspects, who are also said to be members of the robbery and kidnapping gangs terrorising Kogi and Edo states, were planning coordinated attacks against police formations in Edo State. This was disclosed yesterday in Benin, the capital…