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…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen have kidnapped the Federal Commissioner representing Bayelsa State at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo. She was said to have been abducted on Sunday evening around the Ogbakiri junction along the East-West Road in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Izonfuo was travelling to Port Harcourt, Rivers State…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Friday morning killed five policemen at the Okpala Junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. Also killed were a couple identified as Mr and Mrs Chinaka Nwagu who hailed from Amankwo Okpala community. The incident has thrown the junction and the entire community into a state…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed two aides and kidnapped their boss, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The kidnappers also shot three of the police escorts attached to the senior lawyer. It was gathered that the policemen, who sustained various degrees of injuries in the attack, have…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) officer, identified as Commander Popoola Azeez Olasupo. SaharaReporters gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped around 6:30 am on Sunday around Eledumare-Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway while he and his colleagues were on an official assignment. Olasupo’s…