LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight workers of an oil company have been abducted by gunmen on the waterway in Lagos State. The workers, who were reportedly returning home on Monday, were attacked around the Tin Can Island area of the state. The workers were reportedly on the way to Apapa, after the close of work, when…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unnamed Naval rating has been killed by unknown gunmen around Ajegunle in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, a development that has caused tension in the area on Sunday. Some gunmen had opened fire on the Naval rating, who was said to be alone during the attack. The attack came…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed Emmanuel Igwe, an electoral officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi. NAN reports that the victim was killed on Sunday when the gunmen attacked him and his wife along the Ishiagu axis of the Ishiagu-Mpu road while returning from Anambra state. The…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 25 persons were on Saturday killed when gunmen attacked Imande Mbakange and other neighbouring communities in Mbacher Ward of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. The attackers, who were reported to have razed many houses and farmlands in the affected communities, also inflicted injuries on many survivors of the…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed HRH Eze Victor Ijioma, the Traditional Ruler of Orsu Obodo in Oguta local government area of Imo state. Our correspondent gathered that the traditional ruler was murdered alongside the Traditional Prime Minister of Isama of Mgbele community in the council. It was further gathered that the two traditional leaders…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than four people were killed Tuesday after a U.S. convoy was attacked in Nigeria. The attackers “murdered two police operatives and two staff of the U.S. consulate and set their bodies and their vehicles ablaze,” Anambra Police Command told CNN. Police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu told AFP that the gunmen…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 12 people, including a nine-year-old child, have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits along the Afuze-Ihievbe-Auchi road, in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. The incident which reportedly occurred on Tuesday, between 6 and 7 pm, was made known in a viral video. It…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 29 people were abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s federal capital territory, Abuja, a local government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The gunmen arrived after midnight on Tuesday and rounded up residents in Yewuti village, some who had been attending a local ceremony, said Daniel Ishaku, an aide to…
