LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have murdered an All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman of Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. Naija News understands that the deceased, Hon. Ishaq Onu Yunusa, was attacked and murdered along the Itobe–Ochadamu Expressway, around Ojuwo Olijo, in Ofu Local Government Area on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Spokesperson for the Kogi…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH ((NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a businessman, Alhaji Yusuf Keche, after he observed Isha’i prayers at a mosque in Dabi, Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident of Dabi, Ibrahim Suleiman, said the incident occurred on Monday, shortly after the victim had finished observing Isha’i prayers…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits have reportedly invaded Igbesi community in the Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting the traditional ruler, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, the Kabiyesi Onigbesi of Igbesi land. Igbesi is a community within Oke-Onigbin town in the Isin Local Government Area of Kwara South Senatorial District. The Tribune gathered…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Affa community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State have cried out to Governor Peter Mbah and security authorities after heavily armed kidnappers invaded a Catholic church in the community during worship on Sunday, abducting a seminarian, a catechist and three other worshippers. According to distressed residents, the attackers,…
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 JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension gripped parts of Mushin, Yaba and Fadeyi areas of Lagos on Tuesday evening following reports of sporadic gunshots and the alleged death of a senior chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), identified as Toba Ijaiya. The reports, which circulated widely on social media and messaging platforms,…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The FRSC officer had reportedly died in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, after a brief illness. The abductors reached the family, demanding N450million for the victims to regain their freedom, Daily Trust reports. Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted the remains of a late Deputy Corps Commander of the Federal…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daniel Nanle, a resident of Kawel community in Mushere District, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, has recounted how his younger sister was killed by gunmen during an attack on a Primary Health Centre in the area on Sunday night. Our correspondent recalls that gunmen attacked the community, while residents…
