LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Zamfara State. The Guardian learnt that the corps members were travelling in Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State, for the one-year national service, when their vehicle was intercepted by the hoodlums. A source…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 34 people, including seven soldiers, were killed in an attack by a gang of armed men in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, the head of a vigilante group and residents said. The attack in the remote Dan Gulbi district of the Maru local government area of the state occurred on Monday…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular native doctor based in his home town, Oba in Idemili North local government area of Anambra State was kidnapped on Sunday night in one of his hotels in the town. The native doctor, known as Akwa Okuko tiwara aki ( an egg that breaks palm nut), was believed to possess…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have carried out a deadly attack, resulting in the loss of nine lives, including that of a recently married couple in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon. The victims, identified as Simplice Lontsi Tsomene, 37, and his wife Hélène Raisa Tanga, 25, were known as loving parents to three children…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have assassinated a popular community leader at a church in Edo State. It was gathered that the assailants invaded the church located in a boundary between Amagba and Evbukhu near Benin City on Sunday, July 9, 2023, and killed the victim identified as Solomon Ehinoma. According to the Standard Gazette,…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ekiti State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Paul Omotosho has been kidnapped. It was gathered that Omotosho was kidnapped along the Agbado-Imesi-Ekiti road in Gbonyin Local Government Area of the state, Saturday evening. A close source, who confirmed the development to DAILY POST, stated that Omotosho, who is from…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Dare devil gunmen have stormed a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Abule-Ori, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun, killing the pastor and abducting seven members of the church. Mr Soji Ganzallo, the Commander, Ogun State So-Safe Corps, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday. Gonzallo explained…
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…
