LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen disguised in military uniforms have killed a soldier and abducted 13 passengers during coordinated attacks on two commercial vehicles along the Okene–Auchi highway. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism publication, the incident occurred at about 5:35 pm on Tuesday when gunmen intercepted a green Toyota Sienna, conveying nine passengers from Abuja…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Monday evening attacked Ora, a community on the Osun–Kwara boundary, and abducted a retired Customs officer, Emmanuel Owolabi. Residents who spoke with our correspondent said the abduction threw the community into panic, with people fleeing in different directions as the assailants escaped into the bush with the victim. The victim’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 worshippers were abducted on Sunday, December 14, 2025, after gunmen attacked the First ECWA Church in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Local sources said the attackers stormed the church while a worship session was ongoing, firing sporadically to create panic among congregants. Many worshippers…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic has gripped the Federal Civil Service following the abduction of six Directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence by gunmen along the Kabba-Lokoja highway. This came as no fewer than three Migil youths have been killed by bandits despite the state government’s threat to deal decisively with perpetrators. The abduction of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed Reverend Yahaya Kambasya, a pastor with the United Church of Christ in Nigeria (UCCN), popularly known as HEKAN, and abducted at least 20 people during an attack on Farin Dutse community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The assailants reportedly stormed the area in the early hours…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, Adekunle Omoyele, has escaped an assassination attempt, after an ambush by gunmen in Osogbo on Monday. This is contained in a statement issued by the Corps spokesperson, Mr Abass Yusuf, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo. Yusuf said the ambush occurred on Monday at…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- -Gunmen killed eight security officials and kidnapped Chinese expatriate workers in Edo state in southern Nigeria, a spokesperson for the security agency said on Saturday, adding the Chinese workers were later rescued. The incident happened on Friday when a group of suspected armed kidnappers attacked a convoy of the paramilitary…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnappers in Nigeria have killed at least 35 people they abducted from a village in northern Zamfara state despite ransoms being paid for their release, a local official told the BBC. In recent years, criminal gangs in the region, known in the country as bandits, have taken to kidnapping people as a…