LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Tragedy struck in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, as gunmen in two Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) stormed a meeting venue and opened fire, killing at least 19 people. According to eyewitnesses, the attackers targeted a gathering of individuals believed to be indigenes of Ebonyi State who were…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A deadly assault rocked the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, in Anambra State, claiming the lives of two students and leaving at least four others wounded. The attack, which occurred on Thursday evening around 8:40 p.m. at Total and Tipper junctions, was reportedly carried out by unidentified gunmen who stormed the area on a…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be members of the Lakurawa bandit group have attacked a church in Zagani village, Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, on Sunday, abducting an undisclosed number of female worshippers during the service. The Chairman of Danko-Wasagu LGA, Hussaini Aliyu Bena, told Channels Television that the gunmen stormed the…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Labour Party Ward 1 Chairman in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Okasime Olowojoba, has reportedly been abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Auchi–Benin–Ibillo Road. DAILY POST learnt that the Labour Party chieftain, who is also a realtor, was reportedly kidnapped on his way to Igarra, the administrative headquarters…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen stormed the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in Edo State on Friday, killing a physiotherapist identified as Alex in what sources have described as a cult-related attack. The incident occurred while the health worker was on duty at the hospital’s physiotherapy department, causing chaos as patients and staff fled for…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 77-year-old Nigerian immigrant and Uber driver, Olatunji Bolaji, was tragically shot and killed early Wednesday morning while picking up a passenger outside a popular hookah lounge in Philadelphia. According to Philadelphia Police, the fatal shooting occurred around 2 a.m. outside the Byblos restaurant and hookah lounge located on the 100 block…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Criminals dressed in fake military uniforms opened fire on spectators at a cockfight in rural Ecuador, killing 12 unarmed people and wounding several others, police in the violence-plagued South American nation said Friday. Security footage of Thursday night’s attack showed a group of at least five men entering the arena and opening…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-An American pastor has been kidnapped by armed men after they stormed his church service in South Africa, local authorities say. Josh Sullivan had been conducting a service at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, a township in Gqeberra in the Eastern Cape, on Thursday evening when “four armed and masked male suspects…