LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The convoy of Mustapha Gubio, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Borno State, was attacked by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Thursday. The incident occurred along the Gubio-Karote-Damasak highway in the northern part of the state, according to sources. Gubio and members of his campaign team were travelling to…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The member representing Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives narrowly escaped death at the weekend following the involvement of his vehicle in a severe road accident along the busy Ore–Ondo Road. The accident occurred when the federal lawmaker, who recently secured a return ticket to the National Assembly, was traveling…
By Zagazola Makama LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted a staff member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along the Ebenebe axis of Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, while a businessman narrowly escaped a separate attack on the same road after sustaining a gunshot wound. Police sources told Zagazola Makama…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-An Israeli Air Force helicopter carrying President Isaac Herzog made an emergency landing on Thursday after hitting a flock of birds. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said that the chopper was transporting Herzog from a memorial ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem to northern Israel, where he was due to…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Asimiyu Ajibola, chairman of the Accord Party in Osun state, has been hospitalised at the University of Osun Teaching Hospital following an attack by gunmen in Osogbo on Wednesday. In a statement on Thursday, Abiodun Ojelabi, police spokesperson in the state, said the command has commenced a comprehensive investigation into the…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A kidnapped member of the Edo State Security Corps, Yusuf Kazim, has escaped from the den of his abductors along with two other victims. The daring escape was said to have occurred after he engaged the gunmen in a fierce battle and disarmed them in the process. A source told PUNCH…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, on Tuesday, raised alarm over attack on former presidential candidate, Peter Obi and its members in Benin, Edo State. Tanko disclosed that armed thugs had shot at Obi and members of the movement during the formal dedefection of Olumide Akpata into the African…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man, Ola Abimbola jailed for kidnapping has been on the run for nearly a month after absconding from an open prison in Sussex, UK. Abimbola, 36, who was sentenced to 21 years for conspiracy to kidnap, GBH, blackmail, and false imprisonment, was transferred early to Ford open prison in…
